# Consortium of Research Advancement Facilities and Training

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2022 · $305,434

## Abstract

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
To enable Precision Nutrition, a Consortium of Research Advancement Facilities & Training (CRAFT) is
proposed that will establish new research facilities and enhance existing ones, ensuring that state-of-the-
art equipment and other essential resources are available to COBRE-funded researchers to facilitate the conduct
of high-quality, high-impact research employing cutting-edge technologies. New, emerging, and established
Cores comprising CRAFT that include Epigenomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Microbiomes, Nutrition,
Metabolic Phenotyping, Microscopy/Imaging, and Bioinformatics will be integrated under a unified
administrative structure, with directors of each Core forming an Executive Committee that facilitates
external evaluations and prioritizes budgets annually. This novel configuration of Cores will allow greater
resource flexibility and improved efficiency of research. Herein, we propose to establish a new Statistical
Analysis, Nutrition & Diet Core, and to expand Epigenomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Metabolic
Phenotyping, Microscopy/Imaging, and Bioinformatics Core Facilities. Education, training, access to
equipment and consultation are or will be readily available to investigators at the University in each of these
areas, through the expertise of highly accomplished faculty and their support staff, postdocs and junior
faculty colleagues. The Executive Committee will contract a third-party expert to measure and evaluate the
effectiveness of each of the CRAFT Cores annually to ensure relevance and value for UH investigators.
The goal of the CRAFT is to provide resources, expertise, education and training for the advancement of
meritorious biomedical research provided by the CRAFT will produce the next generation of research leaders
and mentors in the field of Precision Nutrition to ultimately benefit the people of Hawaii and the Pacific region
through improvement of health outcomes and quality of life. To achieve this goal, we aim to provide access to
the latest technologies/equipment (Aim 1), education and training (Aim 2), and consultation-based expertise
(Aim 3) altogether supporting research in Epigenomics, Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Metabolic Phenotyping,
Metagenomics (Microbiomes), Microscopy/Imaging, and Bioinformatics. Collectively, the availability of the
CRAFT resources and expertise will substantively expand the direction and depth of research conducted by
researchers and collaborating groups, and increase the quality of their research, thus positioning them to
successfully attain high-impact, peer-reviewed publications and external grant support. By working with our
Community Engagement and Outreach Core, we anticipate that the research activities in the field of Precision
Nutrition will not only be relevant to community needs (e.g., health disparities that are related to deficiencies in
nutrition) but also provide a concerted mechanism to encourage community support and education in the area
of basic scien...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10335719
- **Project number:** 1P20GM139753-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** Alika Keolaokalani Maunakea
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $305,434
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-03-20 → 2027-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10335719

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10335719, Consortium of Research Advancement Facilities and Training (1P20GM139753-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10335719. Licensed CC0.

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