# Professional Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · 2022 · $947,752

## Abstract

Professional Development Core Project Summary
Professional development is a critical component of efforts to enhance biomedical research activities across
the Great Plains IDeA Clinical and Translational Research (GP IDeA-CTR) Network. The Professional
Development Core (PDC) will act as the hub of all professional development activities in the GP IDeA-CTR,
leveraging the diverse strengths of faculty across partner sites. As the hub, all professional development
activities will be routed through this Core, with other Cores and collaborators acting as spokes that will offer
specialized training activities facilitated by the PDC. Educational offerings will continue to address the CTR
core competency areas of scientific communication, team science, translational teamwork, leadership, and
cross-disciplinary training to enhance the competitiveness of our investigators. Team-based mentoring will be
an area of emphasis for the PDC with the goal of supporting the GP IDeA-CTR’s efforts to recruit and
effectively train scientists to work in teams to develop innovative, state-of-the-art clinical and translational
science. We will continue to develop our network of CTR mentors across institutions where we have provided
structured mentor training and hands-on opportunities to receive/provide mentoring and have developed a tool
prototype that will connect aspiring CTR trainees to suitable mentors. The PDC specific aims are to 1)
Facilitate effective professional development activities and educational CTR offerings across the GP IDeA-CTR
Network to those engaged in CTR to enhance research competency, productivity, and impact; 2) Provide
structured mentoring and mentor training for CTR researchers at all career stages with a focus on our
innovative team-based mentorship model; and 3) Expand formal programs to support the development and
retention of early-career faculty who are preparing to compete for external funding as CTR investigators. The
training resources and infrastructure provided by the PDC are unique to Nebraska and the surrounding Great
Plains region and will provide the needed support for CTR capacity across our region.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10478943
- **Project number:** 5U54GM115458-07
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** TED RICHARD MIKULS
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $947,752
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-01 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10478943

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10478943, Professional Development Core (5U54GM115458-07). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10478943. Licensed CC0.

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