# Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · 2020 · $163,993

## Abstract

Project Summary for Training Core
The overarching goal of Rhode Island-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE) is to
develop the capacity for biomedical science in the State of Rhode Island, and one of the key components of this
endeavor is the development of human capital. The RI-INBRE Training Core consists of several highly successful
programs that have focused on this task. In the renewal period, we propose to enhance programs that provide
mentored research opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students, and postdoctoral research fellows.
This will be accomplished by providing incentives for attracting the best and brightest undergraduate researchers
into our program, especially those from historically underrepresented populations. Specifically, we will partner
with the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), with other INBRE programs in the Northeast, and with the
INBRE program in Puerto Rico to provide mentored research fellowships to students from culturally and
economically diverse backgrounds. In addition to implementing changes to strengthen both our existing summer
undergraduate and graduate research programs and our Teaching Postdoctoral Fellows (TPF) program, we will
expand the scope of the Training Core by introducing new initiatives such as Summer Undergraduate Research
Fellowship Plus (SURF+) and Postbaccalaureate (Postbac) programs. In addition, we plan to partner with a NIH
Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program that targets high school students who are interested in
pursuing careers in the biomedical sciences. In so doing, we will both strengthen and expand the biomedical
science pipeline in the Ocean State.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9908093
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103430-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
- **Principal Investigator:** Brenton L. DeBoef
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $163,993
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9908093

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9908093, Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (5P20GM103430-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9908093. Licensed CC0.

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