# Partners Research Education Program

> **NIH NIH U54** · NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $68,747

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract 
African Americans carry the highest cancer burden of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. The 
Research Education Core of this U54 proposal will provide research experiences and professional 
development activities in support of our long-term goal: the development of a workforce devoted to 
eliminating disparities in cancer prevalence, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. The Partners Cancer 
Research Education program, developed as a collaboration between UNC-Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer 
Center, the UNC-Gillings School of Global Public Health, and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), is the 
vehicle for reaching this goal. Aim 1 is to provide NCCU undergraduates (Partners Fellows) with an intensive 
introduction to either basic cancer laboratory research or to public health cancer prevention research through 
academic year and summer research experiences. Aim 2 is to facilitate Fellows’ development of professional 
skills and an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of cancer research. This aim will be accomplished 
through two complimentary sub-aims: (a) Assist Fellows in developing the professional skills necessary to gain 
admission to competitive graduate and professional schools in the biomedical sciences or in public health and 
to successfully complete those programs; (b) Provide Fellows an interdisciplinary educational experience to 
build a basic understanding of research in public health, social, behavioral and biomedical sciences. While 
Aims 1 and 2 concentrate on.NCCU students, Aim 3 will facilitate summer cancer research experiences and 
professional development for UNC-CH students in laboratories at NCCU.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10247145
- **Project number:** 3U54CA156735-10S1
- **Recipient organization:** NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MICHELER Ricardo RICHARDSON
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $68,747
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2010-09-29 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10247145

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10247145, Partners Research Education Program (3U54CA156735-10S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10247145. Licensed CC0.

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