# UTSW Summer Undergraduate Research Institute for the Study of Kidney Diseases

> **NIH NIH R25** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $129,588

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Kidney disease constitutes a significant, increasing burden on the United States healthcare
system. Although kidney disease related research has made significant advances on our
understanding of the various conditions that lead to acute or chronic renal insufficiency, little
progress has been made towards finding cures. Focused, concerted efforts by researchers
need to be implemented to advance current knowledge towards translational goals. Such efforts
will be aided by recruiting the best and brightest minds into this field. The UTSW Summer
Undergraduate Research Institute for the Study of Kidney Diseases (SURISKD) strives to
introduce undergraduate students with an interest in biomedical research to the exciting field of
kidney research. Participants spend 10 weeks learning about the kidney and kidney disease by
taking courses from and performing kidney disease-related research in the labs of some of the
leading kidney disease researchers in the world. This program seeks to expose, educate, train
and recruit the future generation of kidney disease researchers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10149291
- **Project number:** 5R25DK101401-08
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Thomas Joseph Carroll
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $129,588
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-06-01 → 2024-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10149291

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10149291, UTSW Summer Undergraduate Research Institute for the Study of Kidney Diseases (5R25DK101401-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10149291. Licensed CC0.

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