# Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL Program-Admin Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · 2021 · $1,304,764

## Abstract

Abstract—Administrative 
The DE-CTR ACCEL Program (ACCEL), was launched in September of 2013 and brought together four institutions 
with complementary missions to dramatically strengthen the clinical and translational research capabilities within 
and across all of our partner institutions. These institutions are: the University of Delaware (lead institution) (UD), 
Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), and Nemours/ Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (Nemours), and the 
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). One of the more exciting aspects of this application is the additional 
of Delaware State University (DSU), an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, 
to the ACCEL Program. The planned components of the ACCEL Program will include the Administrative Core and 
the five other required Key Component Activities (KCAs), including: the Professional Development (PD) Core; the 
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Research Design (BERD) Core; the Community Engagement & Outreach (CEO) Core; 
the Pilot Project Program, and the Tracking and Evaluation (T&E) Core. This represents only a modest change from 
our current program. 
We believe that the Administrative Core has served the ACCEL Program well during over the past four years. The 
Administrative Core has provided the infrastructure and resource to allow each of the components to make sub- 
stantial and meaningful progress. At the center of the Administrative Core is the ACCEL Steering Committee. The 
committee members, which represent each of the participating institutions, meet weekly either in person or via Blue- 
Jeans videoconferencing to discuss all substantive funding and programmatic decisions that need to be made by the 
PI. This stricter has allowed us to build a strong partnership across institutions based on trust, mutual respect, and 
common interests. The overall goal of the Administrative Core is to further increase the productivity and impact of 
each of ACCEL’s components and contribute to the overall IDeA-CTR goals. The Specific Aims of the Administra- 
tive Core are to continue to: 1) Provide a flexible and efficient administrative and governance structure that ensures 
sound fiscal management and compliance with all federal, state and local regulations and promotes collaboration 
and open communication across all ACCEL components, participating institutions, and other IDeA programs within 
Delaware and across the nation. 2) Facilitate the recruitment of outstanding clinical and translational faculty to each 
institution; 3) Monitor the progress of each component and take appropriate steps to ensure the overall success of 
the ACCEL program; and 4) Work with the NIGMS program staff and the other CTR programs to ensure that ACCEL 
effectively contributes to the National IDeA-CTR goals. 
We are excited to continue to work together to grow the ACCEL Program to include DSU and to see what can be 
accomplished over the next five years.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10223326
- **Project number:** 5U54GM104941-09
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
- **Principal Investigator:** Gregory Hicks
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,304,764
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-25 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10223326

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10223326, Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL Program-Admin Core (5U54GM104941-09). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10223326. Licensed CC0.

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