# Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurology

> **NIH NIH R25** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $360,650

## Abstract

This Research Education Program is designed to provide teaching in the science of investigation, in addition to
protected time, structure, resources, mentoring, and research skills training to diverse and outstanding
neurology residents who will become the next generation of leaders in clinical neuroscience research. Some
unique aspects of our programs are (1) that we are able to provide nine months of 80% protected time for
research education and research participation during residency; and (2) that we pair each participant with both
a Senior Mentor and a Junior Mentor who are closely engaged in the participant’s research and training. We
have added new mechanisms to increase the success of K awards submitted by the trainees supported by this
program. The Hopkins environment is highly collaborative across disciplines and provides superb research
education resources, through the Clinical and Translational Science Award, the Bloomberg School of Public
Health, The Brain Sciences Institute, Neuro-ICE (Institute of Cellular Engineering), the Kirby Functional
Imaging Center, The Mind Brain Institute, and many other interdisciplinary programs. This program is also
designed to develop a diverse group of talented and inspirational mentors who will continue to serve role
models and effective coaches, enabling residents and fellows to become independent clinician scientists with a
passion for discovery in the mechanisms of neurological disease, improving diagnosis and treatment of
neurological disease, and facilitating recovery of neurological function. We accomplish this aim through
mentoring of Junior Mentors by Senior Mentors, with constructive feedback and evaluations, as well as
structured “mentoring the mentor” programs and mentoring workshops. To date this grant has supported 22
exceptional residents, who all remain actively engaged in research. Of the 15 who have completed the
program, 14 (93%) have obtained funding for at least 50% effort for at least two years and all have obtained
academic faculty positions. Furthermore, 9/15 (60%) have applied for K awards or equivalent, 4 of which have
been funded and others are pending. The program has also been exceptionally successful in recruiting
trainees and Junior Mentors who are women and/or from minorities traditionally under-represented in science.
We have also been very successful in facilitating the development of female and minority junior mentors into
Professors who are now Senior Mentors with their own highly productive research programs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10003389
- **Project number:** 5R25NS065729-12
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Argye E. Hillis
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $360,650
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-03-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10003389

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10003389, Research Education Program for Residents and Fellows in Neurology (5R25NS065729-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10003389. Licensed CC0.

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