Development Core

开发核心：摘要 在发展核心（DC）中，我们的主要目标是吸引和支持早期职业人口 科学家和跨学科团队推出创新的研究项目。核心的服务将 通过催化新数据的设计、创建和分析，最大限度地发挥我们附属机构的科学影响力， 推进人口科学，提高所有人口研究中心（PSC）科学家的生产力，创新， 和外部资金的竞争力。核心小组的活动将利用现有的大量资源 在我们的中心，社会研究所（ISR）和密歇根大学（U-M），以提高 P2C融资。我们会继续提供在过去资助期内经过测试的活动：（1）小型试验计划 赠款;（2）密集辅导;（3）经验丰富的同行评审。经过仔细评估，我们建议 未来五年的几个重要变化和补充。 首先，我们提出了一个新的领导结构，消除副主任赞成五个教师 科学咨询委员会（DC-SAC）成员，代表我们在创新、大规模 调查;使用来自行政记录和其他来源的“有机”数据的尖端数据科学工作; 以及实验设计和干预方面的开创性工作，沿着在以下研究方面的特殊专长： 人口健康差异和人口遗传学。 其次，我们将增加：（1）DC咨询服务的持续计划，包括初步咨询和“分流” 从DC领导和研究管理员，并遵循通过适当的科学家对我们的DC-SAC， STC或AC;（2）DC年度系列研讨会，以揭开NIH提案组成部分的神秘面纱， （3）一个新的计划，以便不断获得对提案草案的高级同行审查;以及（4）一个更广泛的 在每个PRA中有组织地使用关键数据收集项目，以提供实例和学习机会， 我们的新调查员，并保持每个PRA现有项目之间的紧密联系， 子公司新项目的创新计划。所有这些资源和服务都将优先考虑年轻科学家。 第三，我们将开始向那些没有数据中心资源的机构的人口科学家提供数据中心资源。 由NICHD人口动态P2C计划资助。去接触那些对 为了进行人口动态研究，我们将利用ISR的非密歇根大学科学家网络， 通过：（1）多机构数据创建项目;（2）ISR暑期学院教学计划;以及（3）我们的 R25教育计划。这些协调，密集的资源，为密歇根大学附属机构和那些在 如果没有持续的P2C资助，没有PDB基础设施资助的机构将无法获得资助。

DEVELOPMENT CORE: SUMMARY In the Development Core (DC), our main objectives are to engage and support early-career population scientists and launch innovative research projects by interdisciplinary teams. The services of the Core will maximize the scientific impact of our affiliates by catalyzing the design, creation, and analysis of new data to advance population science, increasing all Population Studies Center (PSC) scientists’ productivity, innovation, and competitiveness for external funding. The Core’s activities will harness the significant resources available at our Center, the Institute for Social Research (ISR), and the University of Michigan (U-M) to enhance the reach of P2C funding. We will continue to offer activities tested over the past funding period: (1) pilot small grants; (2) intensive mentoring; and (3) experienced peer review. Careful assessment have led us to propose several important changes and additions for the next five years. First, we propose a new leadership structure that eliminates Associate Directors in favor of a five faculty member Scientific Advisory Committee (DC-SAC) representing our strengths in innovative, large-scale surveys; cutting-edge data science work using “organic” data from administrative records and other sources; and pioneering work with experimental designs and interventions, along with special expertise in the study of population health disparities and population genetics. Second, we will add: (1) an ongoing program of DC consulting services, with initial consultation and “triage” from the DC lead and research administrator, and follow through from appropriate scientists on our DC-SAC, the STC, or the AC; (2) an annual series of DC workshops to demystify NIH proposal components and the application process; (3) a new plan for ongoing access to senior peer review of draft proposals; and (4) a more structured use of key data collection projects in each PRA to provide examples and learning opportunities to our new investigators and to maintain a strong connection between existing projects in each PRA and innovative plans for new projects by affiliates. All of these resources and services will prioritize junior scientists. Third, we will begin to make DC resources available to population scientists at institutions that are not funded by the NICHD Population Dynamics P2C Program. To outreach to early career scientists interested in pursuing population dynamics research, we will harness ISR’s networks of non-U-M scientists connected through: (1) multi-institution data creation projects; (2) ISR Summer Institute instructional programs; and (3) our family of R25 educational programs. These coordinated, intensive resources for U-M affiliates and those at institutions without PDB infrastructure funding would not be available in the absence of continued P2C funding.