# DEVELOPMENTAL FUNDS (Core 002)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2020 · $965,723

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
Developmental Funds support the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC) mission directly through 
the provision of resources and indirectly by leveraging institutional and philanthropic assets. Collectively, these 
resources expand and enhance cancer research across LCCC in the basic, clinical, population and 
translational sciences. During the last five years, these funds have been used to make key recruitments, to 
launch innovative ideas, and to make technical advances within our Shared Resources. Through these 
expenditures, the LCCC bolstered interdisciplinary and translational research efforts. By objective criteria, e.g. 
extramural grants funded, and junior faculty garnering national awards, our recruitment and retention efforts 
have been a stunning success. Our range of pilot project awards have initiated new research across the 
clinical, population, translational, and basic spectrum, again yielding success in seeding extramural grant 
funding, broad collaborations, and cancer related publications. The funds provided for Shared Resources have 
developed new techniques, particularly those translating fundamental discoveries into clinical applications. A 
decision by NCI three years into this cycle allowed expenditures of Developmental Funds for projects outside 
the borders of the United States. We were please to utilize this capability to fund pilot projects in our initiatives 
in sub-Saharan Africa that have led to significant NCI grant funding. While we retained the capability of using 
Developmental Funds for bridge funding, we did not utilize any Development Funds for this in the last cycle. 
As has been the case over the last decade, Developmental Funds have been key in the growth of the Center's 
scientific and clinical impact. LCCC requests $50,000 increase in this category, to $700,000 per year, in this 
renewal application, justified by past success and needs for a growing Center. We will continue to use these 
funds in recruitment, pilot projects, and Shared Resource development and retain the potential for interim 
(bridge) funding.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9834844
- **Project number:** 5P30CA016086-44
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** H. Shelton Earp
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $965,723
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9834844

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9834844, DEVELOPMENTAL FUNDS (Core 002) (5P30CA016086-44). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9834844. Licensed CC0.

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