# Developmental Research Project Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI · 2024 · $1,257,955

## Abstract

MISSISSIPPI INBRE 
DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT PROGRAM 
Project Summary/Abstract 
In this renewal application, the MS INBRE will leverage extensive experience and successes within the unique 
academic and cultural environment of Mississippi to significantly increase the number of competitive 
biomedical investigators at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and enhance the overall biomedical 
infrastructure in Mississippi. The MS INBRE's scientific themes focus on severe health challenges and 
disparities in Mississippi – namely, cancer, infectious diseases, and obesity. The Developmental Research 
Project Program (DRPP) for the MS INBRE is designed to grow the human capital within biomedical research 
enterprises in MS through supporting investigators at partner PUIs, particularly Minority Serving Institutions 
(MSIs), assisting with recruitment of outstanding junior faculty to PUIs, training students in biomedical 
research, and providing opportunities for professional development. In particular, we will facilitate engagement 
in research at the PUIs via working with leadership to release faculty from teaching, create or renovate 
laboratory space, purchase and maintain equipment, and purchase research supplies. Support through the 
DRPP has led to extramural funding, such as an R15 to Millsaps College, and numerous PUI peer-reviewed 
publications. This program will specifically address these challenges/opportunities through the following three 
specific aims: 1) Fund Project Development Grants (PDGs) and Research Initiation Grants (RIGs) to support 
biomedical research and maximize student participation in research; 2) Provide Recruitment Funds to promote 
the hire of accomplished, research-active junior faculty to PUIs; and 3) Provide venues for building a 
community focused on excellence in research and a professional development opportunities to PUI 
investigators. Our experience during the previous funding period has shown that such an approach will lead to 
increase biomedical research at PUIs, recruitment of more research focused PUI faculty, and provide 
additional direct hands-on research experiences for undergraduate students. These activities will also enhance 
STEM courses with research components which will positively impact students for many years to come.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10850660
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103476-23
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
- **Principal Investigator:** Jacques J. Kessl
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,257,955
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-20 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10850660

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10850660, Developmental Research Project Core (5P20GM103476-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10850660. Licensed CC0.

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