# National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center

> **NIH NIH U24** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2022 · $1,068,087

## Abstract

Abstract
The engagement of biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social scientists, as well as trainees, from diverse
backgrounds is critical to the advancement of the scientific enterprise. The National Institutes of Health’s
Diversity Program Consortium (DPC) was established in 2014 to advance knowledge regarding how to enhance
diversity in the biomedical research workforce through the development, implementation, assessment, and
dissemination of innovative and sustainable approaches to student engagement, training and mentoring, faculty
development, and institutional research training infrastructure. The National Research Mentoring Network
(NRMN) has been a major component of the DPC since its inception. In phase 2, an NRMN Coordination Center
will be established to provide administration, data, and communication support to the NRMN Resource Center
and a consortium of independent research projects focused on the science of mentorship, professional
development, and networking by fostering a nimble yet efficient organizational structure that advances the
research agenda of the DPC. Specifically, the NRMN Coordination Center will (a) build and oversee the NRMN
Administrative Team, the NRMN organization, and its communities of inclusive practice utilizing organizational
best practice approaches, (b) create the infrastructure to support substantial coordination, collection, storage,
tracking, and reporting of all NRMN data, utilizing streamlined and functional approaches, and (c) implement
evidence-based, responsive communication strategies that will effectively and efficiently build communities of
inclusive practice, foster synergy and research innovations, and disseminate NRMN’s key findings. These
activities will contribute to catalyzing and supporting synergistic interactions among the NRMN investigators, the
DPC’s Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) team, and the wider national community of researchers and
practitioners working to diversify the biomedical research workforce. Importantly, the NRMN Coordination Center
will be flexible and responsive to the needs and feedback of diverse communities of practice, including the NIH
and the public, while providing clear structure and processes for cultivating creativity, synergy, and sustainability.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10439732
- **Project number:** 5U24GM132176-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** CHRISTINE E PFUND
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $1,068,087
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-08-21 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10439732

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10439732, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coordination Center (5U24GM132176-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10439732. Licensed CC0.

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