# Developmental Research Program (DRP)

> **NIH NIH P50** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2023 · $93,305

## Abstract

DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM: PROJECT SUMMARY
The primary goal of the Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer Developmental Research Program (DRP) is to provide
limited support (maximum of $50,000/year, typically for no more than two years) for a broad spectrum of
innovative skin cancer pilot projects (involving research, resources, and technology development applicable to
human skin cancer risk, prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment). These pilot projects must have
promising translational research potential, with anticipation that they can eventually develop into, or be
incorporated into, full projects with an unequivocal clinical translational component. Such projects could either
be developed into independent external funding at a scope and scale equivalent to a NIH R01 grant, or
alternatively augment or replace a Project in future cycles of the Yale SPORE in Skin Cancer. A total of at least
$150,000/year will be used for Developmental Research Projects ($50,000 in direct costs and at least
$100,000 and up to $250,000 in institutional matching funds guaranteed by the Yale Cancer Center and the
Department of Dermatology). These funds will make it possible to support up to six DRP projects annually,
ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 each. A second goal of this DRP is broaden the collective of Yale
investigators who are actively engaged in research related to human cutaneous oncology. During its third five-
year funding period, the YSPORE DRP has funded fifteen different projects (13 related to melanoma, one to
cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, one to basal cell carcinoma) involving fourteen investigators and fourteen
collaborators from ten different departments and sections at Yale, and with project leaders including two
outside institutions. Two of the projects involved multiple PIs and most encompassed multidisciplinary
activities. Collaborators were drawn from seven external institutions, including the New York University
Melanoma SPORE.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10711516
- **Project number:** 2P50CA121974-16
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** DAVID F STERN
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $93,305
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2006-06-01 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10711516

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10711516, Developmental Research Program (DRP) (2P50CA121974-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10711516. Licensed CC0.

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