INBRE EVALUATION

因布雷评估

• 批准号: 7610114
• 负责人: LON Ray WHITE
• 金额: $ 4.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-01 至 2008-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7610114
• 关键词: Award; Bioinformatics; Biomedical Research; Case Study; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Continuing Education; Data; Depth; Development; Drops; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Equipment; Evaluation; Faculty; Feedback; Funding; Funding Agency; Grant; Hawaii; Human Resources; Institutes; Institution; Mentors; Mission; Numbers; Pattern; Positioning Attribute; Principal Investigator; Rate; Reporting; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Proposals; Resources; Senior Scientist; Source; Students; Surveys; System; Technology; Time; Travel; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Variant; base; career; experience; follow-up; improved; interest; outreach; programs; success

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. In 2004, the University of Hawaii received a five-year, $14 million award from NCRR/NIH under the IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program to develop competitive biomedical research in Hawaii. This evaluation covers the third year of the five-year INBRE award and builds upon the previous evaluations of the BRIN award funded by NCRR/NIH. This year all three critical positions in the administrative core, including that of the Principal Investigator, were vacant for lengthy periods of time due to resignations and subsequent recruitment difficulties. Very little activity emanated from this core during this period. This changed dramatically, however, when all three positions were finally filled at the end of 2006. The Hawaii INBRE relies heavily on informal mentoring by senior scientists as a means of developing research expertise among young researchers. This year, as in years past, the evaluators noted a great deal of variation in mentoring. Several of the Junior Investigators from baccalaureate campuses tend to experience sparse and uneven mentoring. Discrepancies in reports between mentors and the prot¿g¿s were also noted. Mentors were more likely to report that they provided assistance on scientific activities rather than on career development. Junior Investigators from campuses outside the University of Hawaii system were also less likely to have received their funds from INBRE on a timely basis. Two of the investigators must now expend their entire year of funding in less than three months. The Outreach Director had no administrative support during most of the year. Perhaps as a result, managing the travel awards and organizing the summer institute were the Cores primary activities. Students from the summer institute who responded to the follow-up survey rated the workshop positively. Based on this feedback, the Outreach Director has already initiated improvements for next years institute. After devoting several years to acquiring the necessary equipment and personnel, the Bioinformatics Core appears well-poised to carry through on programs for students and researchers. Plans to make the bioinformatics technology more widely available are underway, undergraduate and graduate courses and degree programs are being developed, and good progress is being made in surveying user needs and providing continuing education to meet those needs. An in-depth case study of one of the partner baccalaureate campuses was conducted to assess the impact of BRIN/INBRE funds on the campuss research mission. Results suggest that NIH funding has had a catalytic effect by spurring development of their scientific research program. Student enrollments, faculty hires, a new graduate degree program, and infrastructure development for scientific research reflect a growing interest in scientific research on this campus. Hawaii experienced a sharper decline in NIH funding than the U.S. as a whole, dropping from $84.5 million in FY 2005 to $53.7 million in FY 2006. Hawaii ranked 40th in NIH funding in FY 2002 and improved to 35th in FY 2005 before dropping to 41st in FY 2006, its lowest since the advent of BRIN/INBRE grants to Hawaii. Data on success rates were compiled for FY 2001 -2006 for new, competitive research proposals. Although the number of research awards received has not increased dramatically since 2001, the number of submissions from Hawaii researchers has more than doubled. Funding from non-NIH sources dipped to a seven-year low of $5.31 million in FY 2006, compared to a high of $9.3 million in FY 2004. In a pattern similar to other funding sources, there was a gradual increase in funding from other academic institutions until FY 2005 ($3.3 million), which was then followed by a pronounced drop to $2.5 million in FY 2006.

该子项目是利用该技术的众多研究子项目之一 资源由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。 研究者 (PI) 可能已从 NIH 的另一个来源获得主要资金， 因此可以出现在其他 CRISP 条目中 列出的机构是。 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 2004 年，夏威夷大学获得了 NCRR/NIH 根据 IDeA 生物医学研究卓越网络 (INBRE) 计划颁发的为期五年、价值 1,400 万美元的奖项，用于在夏威夷开展有竞争力的生物医学研究。该评估涵盖了该五年计划的第三年。年 INBRE 奖，并以之前由 NCRR/NIH 资助的 BRIN 奖评估为基础。 今年，由于辞职和随后的招聘困难，行政核心中的所有三个关键职位（包括首席研究员）都长期空缺，但在此期间，这一核心的活动很少。 2006 年底，这三个职位终于都被填补了。 夏威夷 INBRE 严重依赖资深科学家的非正式指导，作为培养年轻研究人员研究专业知识的手段，与往年一样，评估人员指出，来自学士学位院校的几位初级研究员的指导存在很大差异。导师和受训者之间的报告存在差异。克还指出，导师更有可能报告说他们为科学活动而不是职业发展提供帮助。 来自夏威夷大学系统以外校园的初级研究人员也不太可能及时收到 INBRE 的资金，其中两名研究人员现在必须在不到三个月的时间内用完全年的资金。 外联主任在这一年的大部分时间里都没有得到行政支持，因此，暑期学院的主要活动是提供旅行奖励和组织暑期学院，参与后续调查的学生对研讨会给予了积极的评价。根据这一反馈，外联主任已开始对明年的学院进行改进。 经过几年的努力，获得了必要的设备和人员，生物信息学核心似乎已经做好了为学生和研究人员开展项目的准备，使生物信息学技术更广泛使用的计划正在进行中，本科生和研究生课程以及学位课程也正在进行中。在调查用户需求和提供继续教育以满足这些需求方面正在取得良好进展。 对其中一个合作伙伴学士学位校区进行了深入的案例研究，以评估 BRIN/INBRE 基金对校区研究任务的影响。结果表明，NIH 的资助通过刺激学生科学研究项目的发展而发挥了催化作用。招生、教师聘用、新的研究生学位课程以及科学研究基础设施的发展反映了人们对该校园科学研究日益增长的兴趣。 夏威夷的 NIH 经费下降幅度比整个美国更严重，从 2005 财年的 8,450 万美元下降到 2006 财年的 5,370 万美元。2002 财年，夏威夷在 NIH 经费中排名第 40 位，2005 年上升到第 35 位，2005 年下降到第 41 位。 2006 财年，这是自 BRIN/INBRE 补助金出现以来的最低水平夏威夷。 2001 -2006 财年新的、有竞争力的研究提案的成功率数据虽然自 2001 年以来收到的研究奖项数量没有显着增加，但夏威夷研究人员提交的提案数量却增加了一倍多。 来自非 NIH 来源的资助在 2006 财年跌至 531 万美元的七年来最低点，而 2004 财年则高达 930 万美元。与其他资助来源类似，来自其他学术机构的资助逐渐增加到 2005 财年（330 万美元），随后在 2006 财年明显下降至 250 万美元。