# Developmental Core B

> **NIH NIH P30** · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $117,997

## Abstract

Project Summary Core B – Developmental Core 
 The CWRU/UH CFAR Developmental Core stimulates innovative investigator-initiated HIV/AIDS- 
related clinical and basic science research activities. The Developmental Core is the focus for all of the 
mentoring and training activities of the CFAR. The key program administered by the Core are the award of pilot 
grants of $50,000 to early-career investigators that are linked to one-on-one mentoring programs designed to 
enhance our junior faculty's competitiveness for federal grants. Since 2008, the CFAR has invested 
$1,183,068 in its Mentored Scientist Pilot Grants. Our awardees have received $19,423,434 in research 
funding as a result of their awards or a 16.4-fold return on investment. The Core has continued to expand its 
mentoring programs by providing both one-on-one mentoring and a series of mentoring workshops targeting 
CFAR pilot grant applicants/awardees, as well as underrepresented minority researchers. To give just a few 
examples, in the last funding cycle CFAR junior faculty Drs. Tilton and Ye, who were supported by CFAR pilot 
awards, each received NIH funding and established strong independent translational research programs that 
bridge clinical and basic research departments at CWRU, thus providing a value-added component. Our 
institutionally-supported catalytic fund provides $75,000 seed funding for strategically important 
multidisciplinary projects in which junior faculty take a leading role. While the pilot awards use NIH funds to 
support single investigator projects by new investigators, the Catalytic Fund, which exclusively uses 
institutional funds, supports teams that include outstanding young investigators in a leading role and also 
include established investigators. In the inaugural year we funded 3 catalytic fund multi-investigator projects, 
each of which includes a junior investigator in a leadership role. A total commitment of $1.25 M has been made 
to this program. The specific aims of the Core are as follows: 
 · Conduct responsive Pilot Grant and Catalytic Fund programs that accelerate junior faculty 
development. 
 · Identify, mentor, and support the next generations of HIV investigators. 
 · Inspire postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduates and provide Minority Training 
Programs. 
 · Engage the communities we serve. 
 · Train and provide support to HIV/AIDS researchers in the planning and conduct of ethically sound 
research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10155687
- **Project number:** 3P30AI036219-25S1
- **Recipient organization:** CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Jacek Skowronski
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $117,997
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10155687

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10155687, Developmental Core B (3P30AI036219-25S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10155687. Licensed CC0.

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