# Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional)

> **NIH NIH U24** · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · 2022 · $4,050,122

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Currently, as the national resource to advance the science of minority health and health disparities, the RCMI
Coordinating Center (RCMI-CC) has been hamstrung by budgetary constraints. Thus, funding from this
competitive revision will bolster clinical and translational research innovation activities that are vital to the
operations of a vibrant research network devoted to gaining new knowledge about the causes of health
disparities, developing scalable measurement tools for studying health inequities, and implementing effective
and culturally responsive interventions to mitigate ethnic and geographic disparities in health and advance
health equity.
Specific Aim 1. Develop a Robust Data Management System for the RCMI Clinical Research Network.
Approach: Implement a secure infrastructure for storing and providing access to study-related documents and
materials; establish a data management system for study data collection emphasizing Common Data Elements
(CDEs) and harmonized data from electronic health records; provide methodological consultation to RCMI
investigators on study design, regulatory compliance, biostatistics, data science, data management and
analysis, and facilitate network coordination of research activities including support for a Network Steering
Committee.
Specific Aim 2. Implement a Clinical Research Pilot Projects Program.
Approach: Solicit, review and fund collaborative proposals submitted by post-doctoral fellows and early-stage
investigators from two or more RCMI grantee institutions and their RCMI and non-RCMI mentors on research
projects, aimed at improving minority health and reducing health disparities.
Specific Aim 3. Facilitate Multi-RCMI Research Studies.
Approach: Engage the RCMI Consortium,community-based organizations, professional societies, federal
agencies or programs, academic and industry partners, to share training and educational resources focused on
reducing health disparities; establish master trial agreements with network study sites and implement plans to
reduce start-up for multi-site studies; develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for multi-RCMI research
and expand the size and scope of the annual RCMI Consortium National Conference.
By achieving these specific aims, the RCMI-CC will have the necessary infrastructure to foster the
development and facilitate the implementation of rigorous inter-institutional clinical research studies on the
biological and social determinants of health disparities. Moreover, the expectation is that this expanded
infrastructure will result in increased research productivity and heightened grant success.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10697144
- **Project number:** 3U24MD015970-03S2
- **Recipient organization:** MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** VIVEK Ramchandra NERURKAR
- **Activity code:** U24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $4,050,122
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-09-08 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10697144

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10697144, Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional) (3U24MD015970-03S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10697144. Licensed CC0.

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