Organizational Structure
- The research Tem
- Facilites
The following positions are incorporated within the governance structure of the Institute:
The Institute Program Coordinator and Vice-Coordinator, charged with scientific direction and oversight of the Institute, team-building activities, human resource development, budgetary management, and multi-site coordination of Institute activities.
Project Site Coordinators at each of the participating universities. The Project Site Coordinator has primary responsibility for interfacing with the administrative structures at their home universities and for coordinating activities of researchers to accomplish objectives at each site. Table 1 lists the Project Site Coordinators and their home universities. The following positions are incorporated within the governance structure of the Institute:
To implement its three main foci (i.e., Basic, Translational, and Applied Sciences), the Institute has three Scientific Program Coordinating Committees (see Table 2) that have trans-site responsibilities within specific areas of expertise. These three committees are expected to (1) Monitor activities of and facilitate communications among the investigators and sites that participate in each area of science; (2) Promote team-building efforts within each scientific program, thus reinforcing the Institute’s larger team-building mission; (3) Establish ongoing, well-defined mentor-mentee relationships between senior and mid-career faculty participating in the program, thus addressing the Institute’s larger mission to develop its Human Resources for the future. The last of these objectives has been accomplished via teaming two senior faculty members (one national and one international) with two mid-career faculty members on each of the three Scientific Program Coordinating Committees. Thus, the Institute has provisions not only to effectively manage and coordinate its activities in the short- and medium-term, but also to develop future leadership that will continue the Institute activities when the present leaders are no longer active in their roles.
Institute Decision-making and Governance Processes.
The Institute constituted standing committees to effect program oversight, review, logistical management, and other components of Institute operations: An Institute Executive Committee comprised of members of the Institute faculty involved in project direction and coordination, a National Board of Advisors, comprised of distinguished senior scientists from top-level research universities in Brasil, and an International Board of Advisors, comprised of distinguished international scholars (Figure 2). Both the National and International Boards represent expertise in different aspects of behavioral science relevant to the Institute’s scientific programs.
The Research Team
Facilities
