# Great Plains IDeA-CTR

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $4,299,998

## Abstract

Overall Project Summary
The Great Plains is a vast, rural region with pockets of urban development. Geographic and social isolation—
combined with lack of access to primary and specialized care in both rural and underserved urban areas—
characterize some of our most vulnerable populations. The GP IDeA-CTR network was established in 2016 to
address these pressing needs. Headquartered at UNMC with partner institutions across Nebraska and the
Dakotas, we built a robust, networked research infrastructure to develop and guide our CTR investigators,
promote resource sharing, and advance collaborations among CTR investigators and community members.
We leveraged relationships with national CTRs, CTSAs, and other national organizations to share best
practices and strategies for developing CTR. These accomplishments advanced a network culture of team
science and strengthened our ability to compete successfully for research awards and capacity to translate
basic and clinical research to advance community health needs. In response to PAR-20-175, this
competitive renewal application consolidates our GP IDeA-CTR gains and advances the PAR’s
objectives to further develop key infrastructure and human resources to meet CTR needs and health
challenges across our network by meeting 4 specific aims: 1) Further develop the infrastructure, services,
resources, and community relationships needed to expand funded CTR; 2) Expand professional development
activities in concert with the Pilot Projects Program (PPP) to cultivate a cadre of successful CTR investigators;
3) Strengthen collaborative partnerships across Nebraska and regional Great Plains IDeA states (the Dakotas
and Kansas); and 4) Create an environment that fosters innovative multidisciplinary, multisite, and cross-entity
(e.g., public-private) partnerships, IDeA (national CTR, COBRE, INBRE, ISPCTN, SEPA) and other national
(e.g., CTSAs) collaborations. We do so working together under strong leadership, with collaboration, support,
and advice from NIGMS, Internal and External Advisory Committees of strong CTR experts, and a Community
Advisory Board. The GP-IDeA CTR enhances partnerships across all Nebraska University System Institutions
(UNMC, UNO, UNL, and UNK) and Boys Town National Research Hospital, expands our institutional partner
network to include Creighton University, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, and the Omaha VA. We
continue development of a community-anchored Practice-Based Research Network. We forge a new
relationship with the DaCCoTA CTR to strengthen CTR connections with Dakota institutions. We continue to
advance services and sustainable resources through our Cores (Administrative, Professional Development,
Biostatistics, Community Engagement, Biomedical Informatics, Tracking & Evaluation) and PPP, informed by
our experience and lessons learned from the first funding cycle. We sharpen our silo-spanning thematic focus
on team science and continue to advance innovation and entrepreneursh...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10281655
- **Project number:** 2U54GM115458-06
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Matthew Rizzo
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $4,299,998
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10281655

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10281655, Great Plains IDeA-CTR (2U54GM115458-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10281655. Licensed CC0.

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