# Pennington/Louisiana NORC - Admin Supplement for Pilot and Feasibility studies 2021

> **NIH NIH P30** · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · 2021 · $148,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (OVERALL PENNINGTON/LOUISIANA NORC)
This is an application for a 5-year competitive renewal of the Pennington/Louisiana Nutrition Obesity Research
Center (NORC). The role of the NORC is to promote, facilitate and enhance collaborative and multi-disciplinary
interactions to foster new research ideas and programs in nutrition and obesity. In doing so, the NORC facilitates
and enhances the translation of basic nutritional research findings into the clinical arena and ultimately into
practical applications. Since its inception in 2005, our research base funding has steadily grown to >$44 million
per year in direct costs and 146 members including 63 Regular Members (part of the research base funding),
70 Collaborating Members (collaborate with our regular members) and 13 Mentored Members (Early Stage
Investigators working under the mentorship of NORC members). The Center provides a stable administrative
infrastructure and exemplary facilities. NORC members have access to three state-of-the-art biomedical cores
to conduct their research with the highest rigorous standards; a “Human Phenotyping Core”, a “Molecular
Mechanism Core” and an “Animal Model and Phenotyping Core”. Moreover, our vibrant and successful
Pilot & Feasibility Grant Program provides Early Career Investigators with seed funding to jump-start
innovative research programs and generate the necessary preliminary data for larger grant applications. Finally,
our NORC Enrichment Program provides outstanding training opportunities and mentoring activities to junior
scientists which extends to nutrition and obesity researchers across the entire state of Louisiana. The central
theme of our NORC is “Nutrition, Obesity and Metabolic Health through the Lifespan”. To impact the
prevention and treatment of obesity and its metabolic complications across the lifespan (from maternal nutrition
to older age physical/cognitive functionality) through better nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and medical
treatments, we have developed three translational research teams. These Translational Research Teams will
address big research questions from the basic science level, to clinical investigation and finally implementation
to the population. In each of these teams, research focuses on the mechanisms involved in health and disease,
the development of treatment interventions and the implementation of preventive strategies. After 15 years of
operation, the Pennington/Louisiana NORC with unwavering institutional support has never been as well-
positioned to advance the science of nutrition and obesity on so many fronts and to foster the next generation of
leaders in this field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10399166
- **Project number:** 3P30DK072476-16S1
- **Recipient organization:** LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Eric Ravussin
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $148,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10399166

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10399166, Pennington/Louisiana NORC - Admin Supplement for Pilot and Feasibility studies 2021 (3P30DK072476-16S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10399166. Licensed CC0.

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