# Core:  Word Problems, Language, & Comorbid Learning Disabilities

> **NIH NIH P20** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $116,385

## Abstract

CORE SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This Core has 5 purposes. The 1st purpose is to provide the scientific and administrative support for this
Hub’s Project to advance the scientific research base and resources in directions that push the next generation
of LD science & scientists forward in innovative directions. The 2nd purpose is to implement the Hub’s program
of career enhancement supports to produce a next generation of successful LD research scholars focused on
important LD problems. The 3rd purpose is to synergistically develop a complementary set of questions on this
Hub’s understudied, high-impact scientific topic (higher-order comorbidity on math problem solving & reading
comprehension) to be embedded in the Hub’s Project and conducted by the Hub’s scholars. The 4th purpose is
to synergistically develop imaging paradigms, complementary to the behavioral paradigms focused on higher-
order comorbidity, to provide the Hub’s early career scholars a platform of familiarity/experience in cognitive
neuroscience. The 5th purpose is to sustain a highly collaborative environment to ensure the Hub’s
transdisciplinary group of investigators & scholars produce an important, mature set of findings on this Hub’s
topic, resulting in a successful transition to an LDRC. This Core is organized in 2 arms. The Scientific &
Administrative Arm provides 10 services with support to (a) ensure the Hub’s synergy via transdisciplinary
collaboration, which includes a deliberate focus on issues pertaining to higher-order comorbid LDs and
underrepresented groups; (b) mitigate the risk associated with the Hub’s novel scientific approach; (c) provide
quality space, budget, & human resources; (d) ensure strong scientific progress & productivity; (e) manage
within-Hub publication decisions; (f) facilitate data sharing within the Hub; (g) facilitate data sharing with
external users; (h) communicate with the public on research findings & clinical products; (i) optimize the
External Advisory Committee’s input; and (j) ensure the Core’s Scientific & Administrative Arm’s success via a
benchmarking system. The Core’s Career Enhancement Arm provides 4 services with support to (a) develop &
implement individualized career enhancement plans; (b) generate a complementary set of Project-embedded
questions for scholars to address on comorbid LDs and underrepresented groups; (c) develop imaging
paradigms for the study of higher-order comorbidity; (d) assist scholars with transitions to or external funding
opportunities on LDs; and (e) mitigate risk associated with an ambitious career enhancement program by
formatively assessing, via a benchmarking system, the success of the Core’s Career Enhancement Arm.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9838237
- **Project number:** 5P20HD075443-08
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Doug Fuchs
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $116,385
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9838237

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9838237, Core:  Word Problems, Language, & Comorbid Learning Disabilities (5P20HD075443-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9838237. Licensed CC0.

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