# University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation

> **NIH FDA U01** · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · 2024 · $50,000

## Abstract

Project Summary
We propose a 5-year renewal of the University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and
Innovation (M-CERSI), a consortia of the two leading sister campuses within the University System of
Maryland (USM), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). M-CERSI leverages the biomedical and health
outcomes strengths in Baltimore with the engineering and technologies strengths in College Park. Aims
include: Establish core program infrastructure and work plan to ensure success; Conduct cutting-edge
regulatory science research; Provide mechanisms to expand M-CERSI activities; Provide regulatory science
information sharing opportunities; and Increase access to M-CERSI opportunities to faculty, FDA scientists,
and trainees who are underrepresented in regulatory science. Proposed research projects align with FDA's
regulatory science framework to modernize development and evaluation of FDA-regulated products,
strengthen post-market surveillance and labeling of FDA-regulated products, and invigorate public health
preparedness and response of the FDA, patients and consumers. All M-CERSI research is collaborative with
FDA scientists and employs a vast array of research capabilities at the University of Maryland. Research is
accentuated by a Research Scientist Collaboration Program and a robust program of information sharing
opportunities, which includes workshops, scholars program, lectures, and the America's Got Regulatory
Science Talent Competition. The sum of these activities describes a vibrant, cutting edge Center that
stimulates innovative thought, disseminates understanding of regulatory sciences and practices, and generates
new knowledge in support of the FDA's fundamental mission – to promote and protect the public health.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11116777
- **Project number:** 3U01FD005946-08S5
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
- **Principal Investigator:** WILLIAM E. BENTLEY
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $50,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2016-09-15 → 2028-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11116777

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11116777, University of Maryland Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (3U01FD005946-08S5). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11116777. Licensed CC0.

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