# Research Education Core (REC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2024 · $225,957

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY ABSTRACT—Research Education Component (REC)
The overall goal of the Research Education Component (REC) is to identify, support, and nurture talented
junior investigators who will become national leaders in aging research, especially within our theme of late-life
disability in vulnerable populations. This renewal application builds on the success of the UCSF REC over the
past 9 years in identifying and fostering the development of an incredible talent pool of junior investigators
across a wide range of divisions, departments and schools (e.g., Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Geriatrics, HIV,
Hospital Medicine, Hepatology, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Neurology, Nursing, Oncology, Palliative
Medicine, Psychiatry, Physical Therapy, Social Science, Surgery, Urology) towards independence in aging
research. The REC continues to focus on supporting junior faculty with exceptional potential for leadership in
aging research during two crucial points in their career: (1) obtaining NIH K-award funding and (2) the K-to-R
grant transition. The REC Scholars Program supports early career faculty who need protected time,
mentorship and educational resources to accelerate their path towards NIA K awards. The REC also provides
mentorship and educational resources to PESC Scholars with NIH K awards to accelerate their path towards
their first R01. Scholars complete an Individualized Development Plan to tailor their research and educational
experiences to their needs for becoming a leader in aging research in their specialty or discipline. Principles of
aging and health equity are core competencies threaded throughout elements of data collection, analysis,
manuscript and grant writing, communication and leadership. Also, REC leadership will work with leaders of
the Resource Cores to provide each scholar access to additional services, which have been central to the
success of our scholars during our first two cycles. The REC will continue to build on its strength of developing
investigators from diverse disciplines and specialties, including investigators at the interface of basic and
clinical research, to give them the tools, resources and leadership skills to succeed in aging research and
provide a pathway towards independence. The REC also sponsors a Diversity Supplement Program to
increase the number of faculty from underrepresented backgrounds conducting aging research at UCSF and
sponsors a summer aging research program to increase the number of students underrepresented in health
professions and has a close partnership with the UCSF Resource Center for Minority Aging Research. We are
proud of the paradigm-changing work of our scholars who have published in the highest impact journals,
received prestigious grants and become valued collaborators and partners in our mission to improve the health
of vulnerable elders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10916489
- **Project number:** 5P30AG044281-12
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Louise C. Walter
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $225,957
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-07-15 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10916489

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10916489, Research Education Core (REC) (5P30AG044281-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10916489. Licensed CC0.

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