# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · 2020 · $925,503

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
The Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (CIBC) will promote and coordinate 
interdisciplinary research focused on filling fundamental gaps in understanding spatial and temporal aspects of 
biomolecular communication. The CIBC will embrace approaches that span from the molecular and tissue 
levels to computational modeling. The CIBC's long-term goal is to leverage existing capabilities in basic 
biomedical research by fostering the development of integrated, interdisciplinary research teams with broad 
disciplinary representation to interrogate complex disease pathways from a wide range of perspectives. The 
CIBC's near-term goal is to support the research efforts and career development of early stage investigators 
whose research is broadly focused on understanding the regulation of biomedically relevant communication 
pathways. The interdisciplinary focus of CIBC, coupled with support for two essential research cores facilities, 
will serve as a natural mixing chamber to encourage new collaborations, especially by connecting researchers 
developing new molecular probes and analytical techniques with those researching specific disease pathways. 
The overall goal of the Administrative Core is to contribute to the CIBC's success by leading, implementing, 
and supporting the Center's primary activities. The four Specific Aims of the Administrative Core are to: 1) 
Develop and maintain an organizational structure to provide leadership and coordination of CIBC research and 
related activities; 2) Implement a faculty development and mentoring plan to further the research and career 
development of early stage investigators and catalyze their transition to independent investigators; 3) Provide 
enrichment activities for CIBC members to promote membership in the Center and encourage new research 
collaborations; and 4) Transition from IDeA program support as a self-sustaining center of biomedical research 
excellence. The Administrative Core defines the roles and responsibilities of the Director and Co-director, two 
advisory groups, two research core facilities and their directors, and the project leaders' scientific mentors, as 
well as the criteria for Center membership and selection as project leader. The faculty development and 
mentoring plan for early stage investigators leverages available university resources and combines them with 
responsive one-on-one mentoring to create the framework for individual mentoring plans for project leaders. 
The Administrative Core's enrichment activities will include monthly meetings, support for seminars, an annual 
Center retreat, travel awards for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, support for short-term faculty 
or student visits, a research core voucher program, and support for pilot projects. All Center activities will be 
monitored by a comprehensive evaluation plan. The Administrative Core will provide the essential structure to 
support CIBC in the development...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10016360
- **Project number:** 5P20GM113126-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
- **Principal Investigator:** JAMES M TAKACS
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $925,503
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-15 → 2021-09-13

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10016360

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10016360, Administrative Core (5P20GM113126-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10016360. Licensed CC0.

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