# Investigator Development Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $375,949

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT (IDC)
Tuskegee University Center for Biomedical Research (CBR) Research Centers at Minority Institutions
(RCMI) proposes the Investigator Development Core (IDC) to provide junior-level and transitional
investigators at Tuskegee University (TU) with the necessary resources and training to assist them in
their move to the status of independent researchers focused on minority health and health disparities.
The IDC is intended to support primarily: 1) faculty members who are already in the field of biomedical
research but, because of their junior status, require a period of mentored career development in order
to become independent scientists in the fields of minority health and health disparities research; 2)
Those who have an established career in either a non-biomedical field or a biomedical field in an area
not directly linked to minority health but now desire to move into biomedical research or who want to
include minority health and health disparities, or the translation of it, in their research.
Specifically, the IDC aims to: 1) Provide funding for developmental pilot research projects that
demonstrate the potential for becoming independent, fundable R-series or equivalent proposals
following their completion; 2) Provide pilot-level funding to traditionally non-biomedical, innovative
research approaches that address minority health and health disparities; 3) Provide and coordinate
senior-level mentorship and research training and career developmental activities for junior-level
investigators who receive funding for Center for Biomedical Research (CBR)/RCMI pilot research
projects.
To achieve these aims, the IDC will integrate its efforts with the infrastructure core, the community
engagement core, our existing extramural collaborative networks and the CBR program evaluation
system. The IDC support is expected to advance the professional growth of junior faculty at TU by
enhancing their productivity, competitiveness and potential to be established researchers on diseases
that disproportionately impact minority populations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9985628
- **Project number:** 5U54MD007585-29
- **Recipient organization:** TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Clayton Yates
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $375,949
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9985628

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9985628, Investigator Development Core (5U54MD007585-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9985628. Licensed CC0.

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