# Scientific & Technical Core

> **NIH NIH P2C** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · 2021 · $222,299

## Abstract

Scientific & Technical Core: Project Summary 
The overall goal of the Scientific and Technical Core (STC) is to provide the statistical and methodological 
support, technical services, and computing infrastructure needed for the PRC to fulfill its mission to promote 
the development of innovative, ambitious, and high-impact research projects in population dynamics that will 
ultimately advance knowledge in the field. The STC advances five specific aims: (1) to provide statistical and 
methodological support for faculty to develop high-impact research projects that will successfully compete for 
extramural funding; (2) to provide robust, flexible, and customized computing infrastructure solutions designed 
to reduce barriers to productivity; (3) to provide state-of-the-art data security to maintain a secure computing 
environment for storage of, access to, linking across, and analysis of sensitive data; (4) to improve access to 
the newest developments in statistics, methodology, data science, and computing to support innovative 
research in population dynamics; and (5) to provide expertise and support for dissemination of data and 
communication of scientific findings to diverse external audiences in an increasingly “on-demand” and web- 
based information landscape. 
Key services and activities designed to achieve these aims include: (1) provide assistance with collecting, 
linking, managing, and storing data from diverse sources; (2) provide expertise on all aspects of statistical 
design and analysis for population science; (3) organize methodological workshops and seminars on both 
fundamental and newly developed statistical techniques and methodologies for demography and population 
dynamics; (4) match statistical and methodological expertise with project needs, and provide a database of 
protocols and research services for population science; (5) provide a secure computing environment for 
storage and analysis of sensitive data, including a secure data enclave for restricted-use data sets; (6) 
increase capacity for population scientists to access and analyze microdata through the newly awarded RDC 
branch at UT Austin; (7) develop protocols and support for data archiving and data dissemination; and (8) 
create compelling and accessible research briefs to communicate PRC faculty research findings to diverse 
external audiences. The STC collaborates closely with the Administrative Core and the Development Core to 
harmonize activities, ensure efficiency, and promote the overarching mission of the Center to promote the 
development of innovative, ambitious, and high-impact research in population dynamics that will ultimately 
advance knowledge in the field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10214647
- **Project number:** 5P2CHD042849-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
- **Principal Investigator:** Catherine A Calder
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $222,299
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10214647

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10214647, Scientific & Technical Core (5P2CHD042849-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10214647. Licensed CC0.

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