Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) support centers that help expand and develop institutional
biomedical research
Medical research (or biomedical research), also known as experimental medicine, encompasses a wide array of research, extending from " basic research" (also called ''bench science'' or ''bench research''), – involving fundamental scienti ...
capacity by enhancing research infrastructure. This includes the establishment of core facilities needed to carry out the objectives of the COBRE program. COBREs are expected to improve through
peer review
Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer revie ...
ed efforts and project grant support. COBRE is a division of the
National Center for Research Resources, which is itself part of the
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U ...
.
Each COBRE includes:
# a principal investigator, who is an established biomedical or behavioral research scientist
# three to five individual research projects
# at least one mentor.
External links
COBRE Homepage
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Medical research institutes in the United States
National Institutes of Health