# Administrative Module

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $18,061

## Abstract

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - ADMINISTRATIVE MODULE
 The Vision Research Core at the University of Michigan is directed by Bret A. Hughes, Ph.D., Professor of
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Dr. Hughes is an established cell physiologist whose research on ion
channels in the RPE has been supported by an NEI R01 grant since 1991. He has served effectively as PI of
the Vision Research Core grant since 1997 and as director of the Electronics and Computer Module or
Instrument Shop Module intermittently since 1990. Dr. Hughes is intimately involved with the day-to-day
direction of the Vision Research Core. He is responsible for ensuring that Vision Research Core activities are
appropriate to the needs of vision researchers, and that they are run efficiently and according to appropriate
priorities. He is also responsible for overseeing Module expenditures and budget, reviewing the Core's website
information, organizing meetings for the dissemination of information about resources and services provided by
the Modules, preparing, analyzing, and reporting the results of surveys and questionnaires, setting up quarterly
meetings of the Core Executive Committee, and preparing progress reports. He is assisted by a Research
Program Manager and Post-Award Administrator in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
 Overall supervision of the Vision Research Core is under the direction of the PI and the Core Executive
Committee, which meets quarterly. This committee consists of the PI as chair, the Associate Chair for
Research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and the five Module directors. Activities of
the Modules are reviewed and issues regarding access to each facility are examined. The meetings emphasize
enhancement of the overall research environment, the quality of services and resources and degree of client
satisfaction, the success of the Vision Research Core in attracting new investigators and projects into vision
research, and the success of collaborative efforts. The Core Executive Committee also considers how the
impact of the Vision Research Core might be enhanced by changing or adding services or resources.
 NEI-R01 funded investigators have first priority in use of the facilities. Other researchers, especially those
preparing NEI R01 proposals, those with other NEI research awards, and those collaborating with NEI-funded
researchers are next in order of priority. Time permitting, the Modules can be used by other individuals
involved in vision research, and through such usage, new investigators are encouraged to pursue vision-
related research. Work orders for the service modules are submitted online at the Vision Research Core
website, which also provides a mechanism for investigators to reserve heavily used Core instruments via
calendar software. Use of other instruments is tracked by log books.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10001513
- **Project number:** 5P30EY007003-34
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** BRET A HUGHES
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $18,061
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-05-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10001513

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10001513, Administrative Module (5P30EY007003-34). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10001513. Licensed CC0.

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