# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI · 2020 · $492,493

## Abstract

Investigator Development Core
Abstract
The development of highly competitive and independent research faculty has been a goal at CDU since its
establishment. The AXIS Center has been focused on achieving this goal in the last 10 years with measurable
success on establishing a cohort of young faculty who advanced in their academic appointments, in securing
independent funding and increasing not only their productivity, but also the quality in terms of number of citations
and impact factor of publications. The mentoring program established by AXIS Professional Development and
Pilot Project Core has increased the faculty productivity in publications, grant submissions and funding. Number
of the pilot project recipients were involved in the development of the Precision Medicine concept under AXIS to
drive the research on campus to the next step and will continue their involvement in the currently proposed cycle.
In the next five (5) years, the Investigator Development Core will work to identify two cohorts of PDFs and ESIs:
1) the first cohort will comprise of investigators, who will join the mentoring program, will develop their Individual
Career Development Plans and will work towards increased productivity that leads to securing independent
funding (K and R- series awards); 2) the second will comprise of ESIs who have been successful in securing
independent funding and have submitted R01 grants, but those were not funded. This second group will be
enrolled in a focused training aimed to address specific R01 grant application the mentee has, improving based
on reviewers’ comments and refining the application for re-submission. This tiered mentoring approach is geared
towards increasing the competitiveness and independence of our investigators in basic, clinical and behavioral
research and in their pursuit of higher-level grant support and independent funding. We acknowledge that both
groups will need different level and intensity of investigator development support and this approach will allow the
Core to provide efficient and effective assistance to the mentees.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9978968
- **Project number:** 5U54MD007598-12
- **Recipient organization:** CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MED & SCI
- **Principal Investigator:** AMIYA P SINHA HIKIM
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $492,493
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9978968

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9978968, Investigator Development Core (5U54MD007598-12). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9978968. Licensed CC0.

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