# Professional Development & Education Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · 2022 · $173,655

## Abstract

Professional Development and Education (PDE) Core - Summary 
 The Professional Development and Education (PDE) Core promotes a culture of research at the 
Baccalaureate Partner Institutions (BPIs) by: a) working with network faculty at our Baccalaureate Partner 
Institutions (BPIs) to help them become competitive for extramural funding and b) integrating into the college 
curricula undergraduate research in order to inspire a diverse group of students to gain experience and enter 
biomedical careers. Given the heavy teaching loads of VGN's funded BPI faculty and their isolation from 
colleagues working on related research projects, the Core's programmatic activities are critical to bridging this 
gap and encouraging publications, grant proposal submissions, and undergraduate student involvement in 
research. 
 The PDE Core helps to facilitate the state's culture of research by supporting network faculty research 
through trainings in grant writing, mentoring including the creation of Individual Development Plans, assistance 
with the development of technical skills, the formation of thematic research groups and integration of research 
into the classroom. In addition, the PDE Core provides a robust program of mentored research opportunities 
to undergraduate students at the Baccalaureate Partner Institutions through internships. Students present their 
VGN-funded research at an annual Career Day event where STEM professionals share their experiences with 
the student attendees. The PDE Core also collaborates with our two Outreach Partners to extend summer 
research opportunities for their diverse undergraduates. 
 The PDE Core integrates research and education support to BPI faculty with the other VGN Core 
Facilities and along with the Administrative Core will monitor the development and growth of the culture of 
research at the BPIs.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10453608
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103449-21
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE
- **Principal Investigator:** CHRISTOPHER S FRANCKLYN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $173,655
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-30 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10453608

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10453608, Professional Development & Education Core (5P20GM103449-21). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10453608. Licensed CC0.

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