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

> **NIH NIH P20** · MARSHALL UNIVERSITY · 2024 · $4,524,982

## Abstract

West Virginia has a history of a 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
research network institutions. MU, in partnership with WVU, will continue to serve as lead
institutions to a research network consisting of seven primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs).
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, Data Science
and Sequencing, Molecular and Related Technologies (SMART) Cores which have been
established to facilitate research progress, mentoring and training, and career development of
investigators and students at the lead and research network institutions. Research in the network
will be supported by Research Projects (major PUI research awards) and Pilot Projects (Faculty
Research Development Awards (FRDAs), Center for Natural Products Research Pilot Awards,
and Chronic Disease Research Program Pilot Awards) through the Developmental Research
Projects Program. 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
Student Research Program activities will provide research opportunities for PUI students,
including the summer research program, HSTA Scholar initiative, and the Developmental
Research Project Program, to help prepare these students for health-related research careers.
HSTA high school science teachers and network institution faculty fellows will also be provided
summer research opportunities at the lead and network institutions. A new initiative with the
Puerto Rico INBRE in natural products research will provide summer student exchanges, co-
hosted regional virtual symposia, and research collaborations. Through providing workshops,
seminars, research training and mentoring, and access to state-of-the-art core facilities,
WVINBRE will help enhance the science and technology knowledge and skill base of the WV
workforce.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10874921
- **Project number:** 2P20GM103434-24
- **Recipient organization:** MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** David Gozal
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $4,524,982
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2001-09-30 → 2029-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10874921

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10874921, West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE) (2P20GM103434-24). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-14 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10874921. Licensed CC0.

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