# West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE)

> **NIH NIH P20** · MARSHALL UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $3,606,689

## Abstract

West Virginia is a State that has had a historically low success rate in obtaining grant funds from
the National Institutes of Health and has been designated as an IDeA state. In this renewal
application, Marshall University (MU), in partnership with West Virginia University (WVU), will
continue to build on the success of the West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research
Excellence (WV-INBRE) to help develop biomedical research infrastructure and capacity
throughout the network and provide biomedical research experiences for undergraduate and
graduate students from the partner institutions. MU, in partnership with WVU, will continue to
serve as lead institutions to a research network consisting of fourteen primarily undergraduate
institutions (PUIs)/partner institutions. The multi-disciplinary theme for WV-INBRE will be cellular
and molecular biology with an emphasis on chronic disease (cancer, cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, obesity-related illness and addiction). Supporting the activities of the network will be
the Administrative, Bioinformatics and Genomics Cores which have been established to
facilitate research progress, mentoring and training, and career development of investigators
and students at the lead and partner institutions. Research in the network will be supported by
major PUI research awards, Faculty Research Development Awards (FRDAs), and Center for
Natural Products Research, Cancer Biology Research and Chronic Disease Research Program
pilot project awards. Ties to WV COBREs, the Health Sciences and Technology Academy
(HSTA; an NIH-funded SEPA program) and the WV IDeA-CTR (WVCTSI) will be expanded..
Proposed programs will provide research opportunities for PUI students, including the summer
research program, HSTA Scholar initiative, and the Developmental Research Project Program
to help serve as a pipeline for these students into health-related research careers. HSTA high
school science teachers and partner institution faculty fellows will also be provided summer
research opportunities at the lead and network institutions. Through providing workshops,
seminars, research training and mentoring, and access to state-of-the-art core facilities, WV-
INBRE will help enhance the science and technology knowledge and skill base of the WV
workforce.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10485202
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103434-22
- **Recipient organization:** MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** GARY O RANKIN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $3,606,689
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-30 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10485202

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10485202, West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE) (5P20GM103434-22). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10485202. Licensed CC0.

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