# Developmental Research Project Program

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · 2020 · $1,453,713

## Abstract

Developmental Research Program (DRPP) - Project Summary 
The Development Research Project Program provides an array of support programs to develop 
competitive biomedical research faculty in Kentucky’s colleges and universities. The primary 
assumption underlying this program is that each Kentucky institution needs a critical mass of 
independent biomedical research faculty in order to provide the highest quality biomedical 
research training to undergraduate students. Furthermore, Kentucky research faculty must be 
provided with the infrastructure to succeed in their research careers in order to provide first-rate 
research experiences to undergraduate students, which will inspire them to join the biomedical 
workforce. With the overarching goal of increasing biomedical research capacity in Kentucky, the 
Developmental Research Project Program aims to address the existing low numbers of 
independent research faculty, and existing deficits in infrastructure, by enhancing faculty 
recruitment, promoting the research and career development of junior faculty, and building a 
sustainable research network. Based upon our past successes, we will focus our efforts on 
institutions eligible for NIH R15 funding. These institutions are primarily undergraduate institutions 
(PUIs), so this concentration provides the greatest benefit to undergraduate students. At these 
institutions, we focus our efforts on developing faculty to increase success rates in obtaining R15 
funding. In this way, we have been successful in increasing the numbers of independent research 
faculty, and building a sustainable research network.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9917801
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103436-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
- **Principal Investigator:** MARTHA E BICKFORD
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,453,713
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9917801

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9917801, Developmental Research Project Program (5P20GM103436-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-10 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9917801. Licensed CC0.

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