# The Population Research Institute: Development Core

> **NIH NIH P2C** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · 2021 · $202,824

## Abstract

Project Summary: PRI Development Core
The Development core is the incubator for innovation, productivity, and scientific impact in the Population
Research Institute (PRI). The Development core’s objective is to foster associates’ ability to develop new
population research by providing seed grant funding, mentorship and consultation, opportunities to collaborate,
and exposure to new advances in population dynamics. The Development core activities prioritize junior faculty
members’ growth towards research independence and success. The Development core also promotes
research and collaboration within and across PRI’s primary research areas: Communities, Neighborhoods and
Spatial Processes; Migration, Immigration and Immigrant Integration; Families, Networks and Well-Being;
Population Health. The core is directed by the PRI Associate Director and is staffed to support development
activities specific to the core while maximizing the efficiency of services provided by the other cores in PRI.
The specific aims of the Development core are: (1) To administer and oversee the PRI seed grant program to
foster new innovative population dynamics research and new leaders in the field. The program is flexible to
best meet the needs of PRI associates, especially pre-tenure researchers; (2) To foster intellectual
collaboration and interdisciplinary exchanges among faculty members with common research interests through
working groups; (3) To facilitate dissemination of new ideas, innovative methods, and new directions for
population dynamics research through forums for internal and external speakers and; (4) To infuse cutting-
edge population science and innovative methods across the primary research areas at PRI through signature
events and focused workshops including a burgeoning, hands-on workshop series through collaboration with
the Computation and Spatial Analysis core. The activities of the Development core are designed not only to
support associates at the Pennsylvania State University but also to increase access to development activities
in population science more broadly.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10225131
- **Project number:** 2P2CHD041025-21
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarah Damaske
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $202,824
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2001-07-05 → 2026-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225131

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10225131, The Population Research Institute: Development Core (2P2CHD041025-21). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10225131. Licensed CC0.

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