# Perinatal Research Society Annual Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2021 · $1

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Our competing renewal proposal seeks funds to continue to support attendance of Trainees and Young
Investigators (YIs) at the Annual Meeting of the Perinatal Research Society (PRS). The PRS provides career
development through two separate, but interrelated endeavors. One is a two-day grant writing program funded
by R13HD079163 which occurs immediately preceding the Annual Meeting of the PRS. The second is the PRS
YI Program funded by R13HD036244. It is the second program that we seek continued NIH R13 support. The
Specific Aims of the Annual Meeting of the PRS that foster career development are based in its design and
execution as follows: Aim 1) YI acknowledgement and interactions with PRS Members. PRS members are
typically experienced faculty and mentors, with many leaders in the field of Reproductive Biology. Numerous
activities are designed to encourage interactions between the YIs and PRS Members. Aim 2) The speaker
program. Speakers present the latest research in their field. All presentations are in one room and there are no
“concurrent” sessions. Aim 3) The early career speaker program. Three or four YIs give presentations at the
Annual Meeting. Aim 4) Ongoing mentoring through the Associate Membership process. In recognition of the
long career path to independence we realize failing to support the YI's after the end of the meeting is not the
best path to success. We follow up with a Council review of all YI attendees and offer continued mentorship by
Associate Membership of the society. This allows attendance and full participation in future years. We also
follow up at least twice a year with email contacts to monitor career progress for workshop attendees. We have
invested in the PRS Associate Member Paper Prize, which is given to the top three papers published by an
associate member in the preceding year. Winners are provided complimentary registration to the next PRS
meeting. Finally, as Associate Members obtain their independent grant funding, they transition to Regular
Membership in the PRS. The need for this kind of opportunity for early career development is significant
because of the challenging current academic and funding environment. The impact of our YI program is that it
allows participants to make tangible and immediate progress in developing and expressing their research ideas
and then translating that into scientific presentations, collaborations, and new mentor-mentee relationships. It
is in the Main Meeting that they become integrated into the society.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10087947
- **Project number:** 5R13HD036244-23
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Paul Joseph Rozance
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1998-04-01 → 2026-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10087947

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10087947, Perinatal Research Society Annual Meeting (5R13HD036244-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10087947. Licensed CC0.

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