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South Carolina Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research and Institutional Development Awards
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South Carolina INBRE

The goal of the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research  Excellence (INBRE) is to increase the NIH research capacity of the state by programmatic expansion and networking of research activities of faculty and students at academic institutions through the state.

These SC INBRE goals will be achieved through faculty expansion at the three research universities in South Carolina: Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.  These Mentor Institutions work closely with the four 4-year institutions that are at an earlier stage, but at the frontline in South Carolina, in developing their research activities:  The College of Charleston, Furman University, Winthrop University and Claflin University.  Twenty-four 4-year institutions in South Carolina with bachelor degree programs in chemistry and biology participate in SC INBRE as Outreach Institutions.

Main Goals of SC INBRE-

(1) Providing access to resources for support of research activity at all institutions in SC;

(2) Provide training and resources for preparation of competitive grant proposals; and

(3) Develop competitive grants programs to involve faculty at Mentored and Outreach institutions, and provide a unique opportunity to enhance productive interactions among academic institutions throughout the state and thereby accelerating growth of biomedical research activities in the state.


SC INBRE Cores

South Carolina INBRE is divided into two main cores to promote specific activities within the network. 

Bioinformatics Core
The Bioinformatics Core provides facilities and services for the collection and interpretation of data from research performed by scientists at the participating institutions.

Outreach Core
The Outreach Core provides opportunities for those researchers and institutions not directly receiving support from the INBRE grant through programs like the Summer Undergraduate Research Program and the Post-Doctoral Academic Career Development Program.

Oversight

Oversight for the activities performed as part of the INBRE grant are overseen by two committees:  the External Advisory Committee, comprised of researchers and administrators from non-IDeA jurisdictions, and the Steering Committee, comprised of leadership from the participating Mentor and Mentored institutions.

Research Projects

The presentations below were given at the 2008 SC INBRE Research Symposium.  They highlight some of the research being performed by INBRE researchers in South Carolina.

John Baynes, PhD
Keynote Address
(USC)
Melissa Moss
Target Faculty
(USC)
Jennifer Grant
Postdoctoral Associate
(MUSC)
Chip Norris
Target Faculty
(MUSC)
Eli Hestermann
Target Faculty
(Furman)
Titus Reaves
Target Faculty
(MUSC)
Eric Birgbauer
Target Faculty
(Winthrop)
Janelle Silvers
Postdoctoral Associate
(USC)
Hai Yao
Target Faculty
(Clemson)
Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein
Target Faculty
(College of Charleston)
Judy Grisel
Target Faculty
(Furman)
 

2009 INBRE Renewal

The South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA State Committee will be submitting a proposal in response to the NCRR IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) solicitation (PAR-08-150) in July of 2009.  The Committee is currently accepting pre-proposals from four-year, predominately undergraduate institutions in South Carolina.  Each institution will be allowed to submit only one (1) pre-proposal under this solicitation. 

2009 SC NIH INBRE Program Call for Pre-Proposals (PDF)

2009 SC NIH INBRE Solicitation Forms (MS Word)

SC INBRE Proposal Workshop
October 31, 2008, The Inn at USC, Columbia, South Carolina

Presentations and Documentation related to the Workshop can be found here

 

Material on this site is based upon work supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant Number P20 RR-016461 from the National Center for Research Resources.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health. 

 

Overarching Initiatives

Cyberinfrastructure

Diversity


Participating Institutions

Mentor Institutions
Clemson
USC
MUSC

Mentored Institutions
College of Charleston
Furman University
Winthrop University
Claflin University

Outreach Institutions
Allen University
Anderson University
Benedict College
Bob Jones University
Charleston Southern U.
The Citadel
Coastal Carolina University
Coker College
Columbia College
Converse College
Erskine College
Francis Marion University
Lander University
Limestone College
Morris College
Newberry College
Presbyterian College
Southern Wesleyan U.
South Carolina State U.
USC-Aiken
USC-Beaufort
USC-Upstate
Voorhees College
Wofford College

 

Other INBREs
There are 23 jurisdictions including Puerto Rico that qualify as IDeA eligible.


Link to National Program

National Institutes of Health-NCRR