# Research Education Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · 2022 · $287,336

## Abstract

7. Project Summary: REC
The purpose of the Research Education Core (REC) is to foster the career development of junior faculty from
multiple disciplines into scientists focusing on the restoration of function in order to improve function in those
with impairments and prevent or delay further progression in those who are already disabled (i.e., enablement).
The REC supports Scholars and affiliated faculty (who are former Scholars or junior faculty with career
development awards related to our mission) in mentor-based research training and other activities which
create a supportive research community.
The UM-OAIC has a successful 25-year history of training that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries to
develop scientists conducting novel research to maintain and improve independence in older adults. The UM-
OAIC REC has several unique elements:
• It attracts and brings together junior faculty from multiple backgrounds, departments and schools at UM in
 Baltimore, Baltimore County and (soon) College Park into a supportive research community;
• it uses a structured Faculty Development Plan, which enhances training experiences, to guide and
 measure Scholar’s progress;
• it integrates the UM-OAIC with other UM career development programs to create group and individualized
 training in functional impairments in older adults and scientific communication for each Scholar; and
• it develops Research Working Groups, individualized to each Scholar’s project, to pursue and facilitate
 interdisciplinary studies focused on bi-directional translational research projects related to the UM-OAIC
theme.
The outcomes of this training program for the Scholar include the preliminary data and peer reviewed
publications for a successful career development award application.
The specific aims of the REC are to: 1) Recruit and retain REC Scholars and affiliated faculty committed to
research careers congruent with the UM-OAIC mission; 2) Train REC Scholars and affiliated faculty through
mentored research projects and individualized training plans which use the resources of the UM-OAIC, the
national OAIC network and other NIA supported programs; 3) Develop a Leadership Academy to prepare the
next generation of scientist to lead research on older adults; and 4) Evaluate the UM-OAIC REC. With this
renewal, the REC is on the forefront of research training and developing junior faculty into scientists that solve
the clinical problems that result in the loss of independence for older adults.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10465185
- **Project number:** 5P30AG028747-17
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
- **Principal Investigator:** Mary-Claire Roghmann
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $287,336
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2006-09-15 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10465185

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10465185, Research Education Core (5P30AG028747-17). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10465185. Licensed CC0.

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