Berkeley Population Center - Development Core

总结/摘要-开发核心 BPC开发核心旨在推进创新研究和培养新的研究人员。这 目标是通过指导支持、试点赠款计划和丰富的网络产品来实现的 活动和跨学科研讨会。试点赠款计划资助新的数据收集和分析， 符合BPC的五个主要研究领域，并显示出导致外部资金的承诺，优先 关于NICHD人口动态分支计划领域的信息。发展核心资金还用于开展 旨在促进新的研究努力的网络活动。通过与其他单位合作， 校园，核心是能够培养跨学科的项目。向新调查员提供辅导， 介绍加州大学伯克利分校和其他当地机构的知名研究人员，例如，或者斯坦福大学的学生。 通过其试点计划和超越，核心确定研究项目，显示承诺为外部 资助并支持将其带入下一阶段的重大提案的制定。除了 作为研究结果产生的出版物，BPC通过其各种在线媒体传播研究结果 网点其结果是对新兴研究领域的创新方法和新形式的贡献。 所有这些都是为了应对健康挑战。

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – DEVELOPMENT CORE The BPC Development Core is designed to advance innovative research and cultivate new investigators. This goal is achieved through mentored support, a pilot grant program, and production of a rich array of networking events and interdisciplinary workshops. The Pilot Grant Program funds new data collection and analyses that fit within the BPC's five primary research areas and show promise of leading to external funding, with a priority on NICHD Population Dynamics Branch program areas. Development core funds are also used to conduct networking events aimed at fostering new research endeavors. Through collaboration with other units on campus, the Core is able to cultivate interdisciplinary projects. New investigators are provided mentoring and introductions to established researchers at UC Berkeley and other local institutions, e.g., at UCSF or Stanford. Through its pilot program and beyond, the Core identifies research projects that show promise for external funding and supports the development of major proposals that will take them to the next stage. In addition to the publications produced as a result of the research, BPC disseminates findings via its various online media outlets. The result is a contribution to emerging research areas with innovative methods and new forms of data, all designed to address health challenges.