# Development Core

> **NIH NIH P2C** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · 2020 · $174,629

## Abstract

Development Core: Project Summary 
The overall goal of the Development Core (DC) is to provide formal structures designed to encourage scientific 
exchange, create a shared sense of scientific purpose, and provide tangible support for the development and 
success of grant proposals that promote the scientific mission of the PRC and the Population Dynamics 
Branch. The DC advances three specific aims: (1) To sustain and build a productive and engaged community 
of grant-active population scientists in which interdisciplinary collaboration is valued and common; (2) to 
facilitate the development of nascent ideas into proposals that successfully compete for extramural funding; 
and (3) to promote the scientific development and research independence of Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) 
in the field of population dynamics. 
Key activities designed to accomplish these aims include: (1) weekly speaker series to foster the exchange of 
new scientific findings, directions, data, and methodologies; (2) workshops and conferences to promote 
collaborative research, and to set and advance scientific agendas; (3) topical working groups to encourage 
interdisciplinary exchange, inspire the development of new ideas, and contribute to a sense of scholarly 
community and cohesion; (4) visiting demographers program to provide new networking and collaborative 
research opportunities; promote the exchange of ideas across population centers; (5) seed grant program to 
support the development of new research projects and new directions for PRC faculty—particularly high-risk, 
high-reward research in population dynamics that might not otherwise be initiated; (6) proposal boot camp to 
mentor ESIs in grantsmanship and grant writing, and to provide mentoring and support for grant submissions; 
(7) grant workshop program to provide intensive and expert development of grant applications at exigent 
stages of the preparation and submission process; and (8) ESI mentoring to provide support to junior scholars 
for navigating their research careers, maximizing their research productivity, and fully integrating into the 
culture of the PRC. The DC works closely with the Administrative Core and the Scientific & Technical Core to 
coordinate services that best advance the development of PRC faculty members' research in population 
dynamics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9997701
- **Project number:** 5P2CHD042849-19
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
- **Principal Investigator:** Jennifer L Glass
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $174,629
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9997701

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9997701, Development Core (5P2CHD042849-19). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9997701. Licensed CC0.

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