NIH IDeA Program

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NIH IDeA Program

• Administered by the Division of Research
  Infrastructure
• National Center for Research Resources

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IDeA Participants

• 23 states and Puerto Rico
• Similar, but not identical to EPSCoR states
• Receive 5 of NIH funding annually

IDeA States
EPSCoR States
IDeA/EPSCoR States
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IDeA program appropriations
MILLION
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Current IDeA Awards

• Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence
• (COBRE)
• up to two per eligible institution
• Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks
  (BRIN)
• 24 awards one per state

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Current ND COBRE 2001-2006

• NDSU
• Matrix metalloproteinases
• 5 yrs, 8.2 M

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Current ND COBRE 2002-2007

• UND
• Neurodegenerative Disease
• 5 yrs, 8.2 M

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Future ND COBREs?

• UND
• Cancer

• NDSU
• Affect and Health

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ND BRIN

• 3 years, 9/1/01 8/31/04
• 6 million
• 11 institutions
• Goal to build biomedical research capacity in
  North Dakota
• Increase research competitiveness
• Increase number of students entering biomedical
  research careers

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Participating Institutions

• Research Universities
• NDSU
• UND
• Baccalaureate Institutions
• Dickinson State
• Mayville State
• Minot State
• Valley City State

• Tribal Colleges
• Cankdeska Cikana
• Ft. Berthold
• Sitting Bull
• Turtle Mountain
• United Tribes Tech

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Networking is Key to Success

• Workshops, Conferences and site visits
• Faculty exchange program
• Website
• Newsletter
• E-mail list-serves
• News releases

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Workshops and Conferences

• Project Kaleidoscope
• ND EPSCoR State Meeting
• North Dakota Academy of Science
• Electronic Resources workshops
• Molecular Modeling Tutorials
• Grants Management workshops
• AIHEC National Conference

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Start-up Program

• 1.5 million to enhance recruitment of 17 new
  biomedical scientists to UND and NDSU

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The Computational Chemistry and Biology Network
(CCBN)

• Unique UND and NDSU collaboration
• High end graphics workstations
• Servers for number crunching
• Comprehensive systems administration
• Access
• Training

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Electronic Resources

• Statewide library consortium for negotiating
  electronic subscriptions
• Access
• Training

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Electronic Resources

• Statewide
• Vector NTI nucleic acid sequence analysis
• Nature Press
• Cell Press
• Annual Reviews
• BioMed Central
• UND/NDSU
• SciFinder Scholar
• American Society for Microbiology
• Current Protocols

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Baccaluareate Programs

• 8 student-oriented research projects
• Biomedical Science faculty recruitment at VCSU
• IVN Research seminar series

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Tribal College Programs

• Upgrading of existing IVN facilities to internet
  standards
• Establishment of videoconferencing capabilities
  in science labs
• Science lab curriculum development

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Graduate Teaching Internships

• Release time for participating faculty
• Job experience for interns
• 8 students placed in 02/03

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Evaluation and Assessment

• Grant activity
• Publications
• Students entering biomedical research careers
• Sustainability