# Development Core

> **NIH NIH P2C** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $138,600

## Abstract

Development Core – Project Summary
The Development Core will help grow population sciences at UCLA by supporting innovative and ambitious
interdisciplinary population research projects and developing the next generation of population scientists both
through new initiatives and through modifications of our already successful cluster of activities. The specific
aims of the development core are to
1. Institute a new, competitive course release program for CCPR junior scientists to further their careers and
 create synergies with our other mentorship activities.
2. Recruit, retain, and advance the most productive and innovative CCPR population scientists.
3. Provide seed funding for innovative projects and collaborations.
4. Enhance communication, exchange of ideas, and collaboration among CCPR affiliates and facilitate the
 exchange of ideas between CCPR affiliates and experts in population science.
We will achieve these aims through
1. A competitive course release program for CCPR junior scientists to provide them with more time for their
 own research or external grant preparation. Support for this program comes solely from UCLA, which is
 providing 10 course releases over five years. This is a new activity.
2. Mentoring junior scientists, regularly communicating with all population scientists to determine how CCPR
 can best support their population research, maintaining an ongoing discussion with departments about their
 hiring activity and retention efforts, and timely contacts with hiring/retention candidates to describe CCPR's
 role in supporting their population research at UCLA.
3. A grant proposal preparation workshop, with one-on-one mentoring and on-going assistance ranging from
 preliminary analyses to editing. This is a modification of an existing program and will be supported by
UCLA.
4. A seed grant program to help get new projects off the ground by providing assistance for preliminary data
 collection and analyses.
5. A weekly seminar series (an average of 29 per year, with 60-73% external scholars).
6. Developmental seminars on topics of special interest to affiliates, including compliance with regulations
 regarding responsible conduct of research, public accessibility of research results, and reproducibility of
 research results.
7. Support for affiliate-initiated conferences.
8. Support for affiliate Working Groups to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9939538
- **Project number:** 5P2CHD041022-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** DORA L COSTA
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $138,600
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9939538

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9939538, Development Core (5P2CHD041022-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9939538. Licensed CC0.

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