RR-03-011, Extramural Research Facilities Construction *

RR-03-011，校外研究设施建设*

• 批准号: 6862294
• 负责人: James F. Kurose
• 金额: $ 709.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-14 至 2012-12-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6862294
• 关键词: Extramural Activities; Extramural Research Facilities Construction Project; Extramural Activities; Extramural Research Facilities Construction Project

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to renovate approximately 23,400 (gross) square feet of research space in the Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC), Towers A and C, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The space to be renovated is presently shared between the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) and Chemistry. The LGRC, a 350,000 square foot complex of research labs, classrooms and offices designed in the late 1960s, is inefficient in terms of space utilization and does not promote interactions between research groups or sharing of equipment. The proposed renovation will remove non-load-bearing walls to increase the total amount of available space and to promote intergroup interactions by placing multiple research groups in shared space. Interactions will also be enhanced by creation and improvement of shared instrumentation space and a centrally located seminar room. The scientific goal of this project is to enhance and expand research efforts at the interface between the biological and physical sciences, which is a high priority for BMB and Chemistry as well as the Department of Physics. The University also views this research collaboration as a high priority (see letter from Chancellor John Lombardi). An existing NIH predoctoral training grant, the Chemistry/Biology Interface (CBI) Program, supports Ph.D. students in three of the laboratories that will be affected by the renovation. The renovated space will provide space for five existing faculty laboratories, which encompass both sides of the CBI Program, as well as space for two new faculty laboratories. Additionally, nearby space vacated by two of the faculty laboratories slated to move into renovated space will accommodate two additional faculty members. Each of these new faculty laboratories will add research strength to the life science/physical science interface group.

描述（由申请人提供）： 要求资金在马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学（University of Massachusetts Amherst）的Lederle研究生研究中心（LGRC），Towers A和C的Lederle研究生研究中心（LGRC）进行大约23,400平方英尺的研究空间进行翻新。目前在生物化学和分子生物学（BMB）和化学部门之间共享要翻新的空间。 LGRC是一个350,000平方英尺的研究实验室，教室和办公室，在1960年代后期设计，在太空利用率方面效率低下，并且不会促进研究组之间的相互作用或设备共享。所提出的翻新将消除非负载的墙壁，以增加可用空间的总量，并通过将多个研究组放置在共享空间中来促进群体间的相互作用。通过创建和改善共享仪器空间和中心位置的研讨会室的创建和改进也将增强交互作用。 该项目的科学目标是增强和扩大生物科学和物理科学之间界面的研究工作，这是BMB和化学以及物理学系的重点。该大学还将这种研究合作视为优先事项（请参阅总理约翰·伦巴第（John Lombardi）的信）。现有的NIH培训培训补助金，化学/生物学接口（CBI）计划，支持博士学位。三个实验室的学生将受到翻新影响。经过翻新的空间将为涵盖CBI计划的两侧的五个现有教职员工提供空间，并为两个新教师实验室提供空间。 此外，由两个搬入经过翻新的空间的教师实验室腾出的附近空间将容纳两名教职员工。这些新的教师实验室中的每一个都会为生活科学/物理科学界面组增加研究实力。