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NRSA Training Core

Award Number: TL1TR002244
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2017
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2027

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NRSA Training Core - The Vanderbilt-Meharry Edge for Scholars NRSA Core is an interdisciplinary, translational research training program invigorated by group activities that intentionally mix non-clinical and clinical trainees across disciplines and levels of training (TL1 and KL2). We offer a uniquely collaborative culture with a thriving research enterprise and our approach serves to connect, enlarge, and sustain our community of translational scientists. This model is responsive to calls for changing how the next generation of researchers is trained to drive translational endeavors and to excel in team science. Unlike traditional T32s, our selection of trainees is not constrained by discipline, graduate programs, or disease focus. Building on varied research backgrounds of trainees, we incorporate experiences to foster emergence of new interdisciplinary teams—which is proving effective. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees are selected by competitive review from a large pool of applicants. Training is individually tailored in the context of structured mentorship and progress is carefully monitored by the PI (Bastarache) and Co-Director (Edwards). Activities include interdisciplinary mentor panel meetings, work-in-progress groups, Bench-to-Bedside Rounds, near-peer mentoring, writing workshops, and pragmatic career development seminars. This program will serve 10 TL1 trainees, seven pre-doctoral and three postdoctoral, for up to five and three years respectively. In addition to conducting mentored research as part of an established transdisciplinary team and pursuing their academic course of studies if applicable, trainees will craft Pathways that combine 42 contact hours (not credits) of didactic, intensive, and experiential learning. These are anchored in several key areas: Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Data Sciences, Clinical Context (for non-clinical scholars), Learning Healthcare System, Measurement Methods, and Technology Transfer & Innovation. Individualized components of pathways build key translational competencies, yet are flexible and allow extensive individual tailoring to best match prior training and future career directions of the trainee. Our program benefits from integration within a CTSA hub in a medical center that ranks 5th in overall NIH funding, conducts cutting-edge research, provides top-flight graduate education, and has strong synergy across the TL1 and KL2 awards. We provide trainees an abundance of research cores and unique models for expert guidance like Studios, Biostatistics Clinics, REDCap Data Management courses, a library of funded grants, internal study sections, and much more. Tools are in place to evaluate both trainees and mentors over time and to continuously enhance the program. Oversight is provided by an Advisory Committee and external site visitors. We work extensively with other CTSAs and have built collaborative resources shared nationally. In summary, we foster excellence to inspire careers dedicated to interdisciplinary translational science and to prepare future leaders of high performing scientific teams.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $242,881 )
2025	2025	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	9	6/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$242,881
														Subtotal = $242,881

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $677,021 )
2024	2024	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	8	4/13/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$645,717
2024	2024	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	8	6/5/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$31,304
2024	2023	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	7	2/29/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $677,021

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $645,717 )
2023	2023	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	7	3/17/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$645,717
2023	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	6	3/7/2023	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$201,852
2023	2021	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	5	3/7/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$201,852
														Subtotal = $645,717

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $629,063 )
2022	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	6	3/14/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$619,581
2022	2022	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	002	6	8/17/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$9,482
2022	2021	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	5	3/14/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $629,063

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $246,718 )
2021	2021	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	5	3/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$246,718
														Subtotal = $246,718

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $376,494 )
2020	2020	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	4	2/25/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$376,494
														Subtotal = $376,494

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $362,622 )
2019	2019	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	3	2/20/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$362,622
														Subtotal = $362,622

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $365,664 )
2018	2018	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	2	3/10/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$360,255
2018	2018	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	2	6/2/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$5,409
														Subtotal = $365,664

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $357,909 )
2017	2017	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	001	1	8/28/2017	NEW	$3,032
2017	2017	VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	1161 21ST AVE S STE D3300 MCN	NASHVILLE	TN	37232	DAVIDSON	USA	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	000	1	5/25/2017	NEW	$354,877
														Subtotal = $357,909

Grand Total All Awards = $3,904,089

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NRSA Training Core

Award Number: TL1TR002244

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2017

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 02/28/2027

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