# Development Core Institute for Population Research

> **NIH NIH P2C** · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $411,291

## Abstract

Development Core Summary
The goal of the Institute for Population Research's Development Core is to nurture innovative, high-impact
research in population science. As such, the Development Core is at the heart of IPR's mission, and the bulk of
IPR's financial, administrative, and intellectual resources are devoted to the Development Core.
The Development Core's activities and services support research in population science through all stages of a
project: initial conceptualization, pilot data collection and preliminary studies, writing applications, finalizing and
submitting applications, and conducting research that is rigorous, transparent, and ethical. All activities are
designed to address: (i) the specific needs of junior scientists; (ii) the challenges of carrying out team science
(especially interdisciplinary teams). In this funding cycle, the Development Core will continue the successful
IPR Seed Grant Program and Grant-Writing Workshops, and will add three new activities: Generative
Workshops, Rapid Response Grants, and training in Transparent and Reproducible Research in Team
Science. IPR will also continue to sponsor a speaker series (weekly seminar, annual lecture) and support
affiliate travel to the Population Association of America annual meetings.
The Seed Grant Program is IPR's largest program, in terms of both expenditures and impacts. IPR will fund
approximately 6-10 proposals per year, with the goal of making substantial investments at early stages in
projects that hold the promise of sustained scientific impact and the potential for external funding. Junior
scientists will receive minimally two-thirds of the seed grants. The Development Core will also offer more
structured proposal support through the Grant-Writing Workshops, which provide a combination of senior
leadership and peer feedback to assist the development of proposals.
In this funding cycle, the Development Core will introduce: Generative Workshops (1-2 day workshops initiated
by OSU faculty that bring together a group of scientists to launch or advance collaborative research); a
program of Rapid Response Grants (small grants for short-term activities required to finalize grant
applications); training workshops, supplemented by one-on-one consulting, in Transparent and Reproducible
Research in Team Science Environment. The latter will provide population scientists with practices and tools
for research that is transparent and reproducible at all stages; such practices and tools are especially important
for the growing number of population scientists who find themselves working in large interdisciplinary teams.
In summary, the Development Core will maintain and refine its activities to extend its strong past record of
nurturing innovative and impactful population science.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9969254
- **Project number:** 5P2CHD058484-12
- **Recipient organization:** OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** JOHN B CASTERLINE
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $411,291
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9969254

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9969254, Development Core Institute for Population Research (5P2CHD058484-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9969254. Licensed CC0.

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