Purpose


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.

 

This SC INBRE goal 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, South Carolina State University, Claflin University, the University of South Carolina Beaufort and Francis Marion University. 

 

Main Strategies of SC INBRE-

(1) Provide 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.



Management and Oversight


Principal Investigator

Lucia Pirisi-Creek, MD

Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
(803) 733-3277  lucia.pirisi-creek@uscmed.sc.edu

 

Program Coordinator

T. Scott Little, PhD

Director, South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA State Office

(803) 733-9060 little@scra.org

 

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.

 

 

Image Credits


The images used near the top of this website were provided by participating INBRE faculty.  The mouse brain scan on the left was provided by Dr. Eric Montie, USCB.  The center image displaying hypoxic conditions in cell aggregates was provided by Dr. Jay Blanchette, USC. And, the image on the right of a brain cancer tumor without collagen-I was provided by Dr. Frank Alexis, Clemson University.