# Sustaining Research Excellence Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · 2020 · $165,826

## Abstract

Alaska INBRE 4 – SUSTAINING RESEARCH EXCELLENCE CORE PROJECT SUMMARY
The goal of the AK INBRE 4 Sustaining Research Excellence Core (AK INBRE 4 Overall Specific Aim 5),
which will be funded primarily from institutional resources but administered by AK INBRE 4, is to provide
resources to enhance the retention of competitive and successful biomedical and behavioral health
researchers in the AK INBRE 4 network. While the Developmental Research Project Program provides pilot
grants, scientific advising, and career development to junior faculty or scientists entering biomedical research
fields, it has been our experience that Alaskan investigators who are awarded major external research grants,
for example an NIH R01, become vulnerable of being recruited to major outside universities and institutions,
resulting in their departure from the state and defeating the NIH IDeA goals. This defeats the purpose of NIH
IDeA program investment in states like Alaska with goals of building research expertise within the state to
attract sustainable support through independent research awards. The Sustaining Research Excellence (SRE)
Core targets successful investigators and will offer (i) buy-out to decrease formal teaching requirements, (ii)
salaries for post-doctoral scientists and technical assistants, (iii) funds for the purchase of specialized
equipment as incentive to remain in Alaska and to continue leading active research programs and serving as
examples of achievement to developing researchers. Investigators eligible for support from the SRE Core will
have demonstrated excellence and success by the award of major, independent research grants that make
them ineligible for INBRE pilot awards, but who are nominated for or apply for additional support with plans of
how that support will extend their specific goals or allow them to initiate new research leading to publications
and additional research proposals. The SRE Core will also contribute to the recruitment of outstanding new
researchers to the AK INBRE 4 network who conduct research in One Health by providing support for
specialized equipment and salary for post-doctoral scientists. In addition, the SRE Core supports professional
training, networking, and travel opportunities for scientists in the AK INBRE 4 network.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9981786
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103395-20
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
- **Principal Investigator:** Joanne Shelby
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $165,826
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-24 → 2024-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981786

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9981786, Sustaining Research Excellence Core (5P20GM103395-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9981786. Licensed CC0.

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