# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $199,582

## Abstract

The Aims of the Administrative Core are to help the SBDRC achieve its overall goals of supporting outstanding 
basic research in cutaneous biology and diseases and promoting its translation to clinical practice by: (1) 
providing leadership, structure, financial management, evaluation and oversight for the SBDRC; (2) generating 
an exciting, open, interactive environment that promotes outstanding, innovative research, and facilitates 
scientific exchange and collaborative interactions; (3) promoting diversity and career success; and (4) 
promoting independence of young investigators, encouraging interdisciplinary and basic-translational 
collaborations, and attracting new investigators to cutaneous research. To achieve Aim 1, the Administrative 
Core will (a) establish an Executive Committee to provide financial management and oversight; (b) organize an 
Advisory Committee of internal and external experts to provide feedback and recommend innovations; (c) 
organize a Diversity Advisory Committee to advise the Executive Committee on strategies to support women 
and under-represented minority members, and recommend best hiring and retention practices; (d) provide 
administrative, logistical, regulatory and financial support. To promote innovation and facilitate scientific 
exchange and collaboration (Aim 2), the Core will (a) hold an Annual Research Retreat; (b) sponsor Seminars 
and Lectures; (c) maintain an SBDRC website to advertise SBDRC seminars and meetings, Core services and 
membership information and provide an interface for requesting Core services; (d) organize a quarterly 
SBDRC Newsletter to be posted on the website; (e) set up a Facebook page and Twitter feed. To promote 
diversity and career success (Aim 3), a Mentoring Sub-Core will (a) organize Individual Mentoring Committees 
for SBDRC junior faculty and senior trainees; (b) establish a Diversity Mentoring Committee to provide specific 
additional mentoring for women and diversity SBDRC members; and (c) provide Core Director mentoring. In 
addition, we will (d) hold monthly Peer Mentoring research presentations/grant application discussions; and (e) 
establish a Community Outreach Program to the Philadelphia public school district, to introduce local, 
predominantly disadvantaged minority high school students to the excitement and promise of cutaneous 
research. To promote independence of young investigators, encourage collaborations, and attract new 
investigators (Aim 4) we will provide Pilot & Feasibility grant funding for: (a) junior faculty who lack RO1 or PO1 
support and propose innovative projects; (b) basic/translational collaborations and interdisciplinary studies; (c) 
outstanding investigators outside the field of skin research who want to bring their expertise to this area of 
investigation; and (d) advanced trainees, to facilitate their transition to independence through “Scientist-in- 
Training Minigrants”.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10000023
- **Project number:** 5P30AR069589-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarah E. Millar
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $199,582
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-15 → 2021-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10000023

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10000023, Administrative Core (5P30AR069589-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10000023. Licensed CC0.

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