DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Technical Report · Thu Feb 21 04:00:00 EST 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/924036· OSTI ID:924036

Wallace, Susan S ^[1]

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1. University of Vermont

The overall goal of the DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and Computational Biology was to enhance the competiveness of Vermont research in these scientific areas. To develop self-sustaining infrastructure, we increased the critical mass of faculty, developed shared resources that made junior researchers more competitive for federal research grants, implemented programs to train graduate and undergraduate students who participated in these research areas and provided seed money for research projects. During the time period funded by this DOE initiative: (1) four new faculty were recruited to the University of Vermont using DOE resources, three in Computational Biology and one in Structural Biology; (2) technical support was provided for the Computational and Structural Biology facilities; (3) twenty-two graduate students were directly funded by fellowships; (4) fifteen undergraduate students were supported during the summer; and (5) twenty-eight pilot projects were supported. Taken together these dollars resulted in a plethora of published papers, many in high profile journals in the fields and directly impacted competitive extramural funding based on structural or computational biology resulting in 49 million dollars awarded in grants (Appendix I), a 600% return on investment by DOE, the State and University.

• Research Organization: University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-00ER45828
• OSTI ID: 924036
• Report Number(s): ER45828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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