# Core A - Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2020 · $243,116

## Abstract

The Administrative Core is the nucleus of the IDDRC, providing scientific, administrative, and fiscal
leadership, and high quality, cost-effective core services, in a strongly collaborative spirit. The core serves as
the liaison between the IDDRC and the UW-Madison, the NIH, and national and international organizations.
The core functions to create a highly visible and comprehensive center that systematically integrates all
aspects of research, training, and clinical services in the field of IDD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Messing and the previous Director, Marsha Mailick, have raised considerable private funds for improvement of
IDDRC physical facilities, purchase of scientific equipment for IDDRC cores, program development, and
recruitment and retention of investigators. Specific Aim 1 is to develop new and coordinate existing scientific
resources to strategically support the research of IDDRC investigators. IDDRC core resources and services
have been designed to complement UW-Madison resources to enhance scientific work involving all phases of
the translational research cycle, from basic discovery to clinical application. The Administrative Core's
leadership team (Executive Committee) gathers information about research needs from surveys of
investigators as well as from each core's user advisory board, internal and external advisory groups,
consultants, and visiting scientists. To obtain additional resources, the Administrative Core works closely with
UW-Madison administration, academic deans, department chairs, center directors, and directors of other
relevant research units. Specific Aim 2 is to promote interdisciplinary and collaborative research in high
priority areas of IDD. This includes provision of start-up funds to attract faculty to the Waisman Center,
allocating support for special interest groups that involve IDDRC faculty from multiple disciplines who share a
common area of focus (e.g., fragile X, epigenetics), provision of seed money for groups of investigators who
seek to develop multi-component grant applications for interdisciplinary IDD research, funding for speakers in
the Seminar Series, and creation of an environment of mutual respect for diverse disciplinary approaches to
studying IDD conditions. Ultimately, the Administrative Core of the Waisman Center seeks to create a nexus
where multiple angles of vision are focused on a shared commitment to understanding the causes and
consequences of, and discovering cures or treatments for IDD conditions. Specific Aim 3 is to further connect
research and clinical activities and strengthen community partnerships. The Administrative Core facilitates
interactions between research and clinical activities within the Center, works to ensure access to individuals
with IDD throughout the UW health care system and in community settings such as the public schools, and
nurtures and maintains the relationships with key campus partners such as the CTSA, and with the Marshfield
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10005049
- **Project number:** 5U54HD090256-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** ALBEE MESSING
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $243,116
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10005049

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10005049, Core A - Administrative Core (5U54HD090256-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10005049. Licensed CC0.

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