The Score Program

The mission of the MBRS SCORE Program at Clark Atlanta University is to enhance ongoing faculty biomedical research capabilities and encourage and augment efforts of new faculty in developing biomedical research programs by fostering a productive research environment. The MBRS SCORE Program emphasizes the interdisciplinary approach to solving research problems in the biomedical sciences. The MBRS SCORE Program provides financial support for the individual research projects of select faculty members. It also provides key infrastructure support to enhance the biomedical research environment at the University. Currently, scientists from the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics are involved in this program. It is anticipated that scientists from the departments of Psychology and Sociology will soon join the program. The varying perspectives of scientists from all these disciplines are needed for the initiation and continuation of interdisciplinary research approaches to some of today's complex biomedical, biobehavioral and social problems.

The laboratories of SCORE scientists are housed in the Thomas W. Cole, Jr., Research Center for Science and Technology. This center contains 189,000 sq.ft. of research space, and includes laboratories for major shared equipment such as the Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, the Cell Culture Research Laboratory, the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, the Scientific Imaging Center, and the X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory. The RCST also contains 36 individual investigator laboratories, which average approximately 750 sq.ft. each.