To understand, value, and respond to the diversity among funded EDU Core Research (ECR) Principal Investigators (PIs), the ECR Hub invited active ECR PIs to four optional virtual community listening sessions in October 2023. These sessions engaged 91 PIs to inform the interactive activities and content for the 2024 ECR PI Meeting on May 28 –30 in Arlington, Virginia. For instance, one key theme was PIs wanting information before the meeting to inform making targeted new connections; the ECR Hub responded to this point by asking optional questions on the registration form to aid networking.