# Career Enhancement Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $800,403

## Abstract

Abstract: Career Enhancement Core
The goals of the Career Enhancement Core at Yale Center for the Study of Tobacco Product Use and
Addiction (YCSTP) are to provide 1) intensive and multidisciplinary training and research opportunities to 4-5
post-doctoral associates and junior faculty each year to prepare them for a successful, independent career in
Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS), and 2) pilot funding to Scholars and other junior investigators interested in
TRS to conduct innovative TRS research. The Scholars and the pilot grants will specifically focus on
tobacco/nicotine behavior and addiction and the role of flavors, consistent with the research goals of
the Yale TCORS and the Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products. We will
accomplish the goal of developing independent TRS investigators by 1) appointment of Scholars, 2) mentored
TRS research experience through TCORS component and core projects, 3) a formal online course in TRS
developed by Yale TCORS, 4) a grant development seminar, 5) pilot research grants, 6) opportunities for
scientific exchange supported by small travel grants to visit other TCORS to learn new methods and foster
collaboration and to attend TCORS and other scientific conference, and by hosting experts in tobacco control
and addiction, and 7) development of an NIH grant. While all Scholars will participate in pilot grants, we will
also extend this opportunity to early investigators new to TRS. The Career Enhancement Core will provide a
mechanism for review, funding, and ongoing oversight of pilot projects. All funded projects will receive
assistance from the Laboratory Core and Administrative Core to achieve their objectives.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9999556
- **Project number:** 5U54DA036151-08
- **Recipient organization:** YALE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** STEPHANIE S O'MALLEY
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $800,403
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-30 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9999556

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9999556, Career Enhancement Core (5U54DA036151-08). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9999556. Licensed CC0.

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