# The Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · 2021 · $91,901

## Abstract

The UIUC Neuroproteomics and Neurometabolomics Center on Cell-Cell Signaling provides high-end chemical
characterization services to a broad user community, as well as develops innovative measurement and
analysis tools, and provides these tools to the NIDA research community. More specifically, the Center
provides high-end 'omics-scale characterization of the small molecules, peptides, and proteins in samples
obtained from brain sub-regions like defined nuclei and even specific single cells. The Center consists of three
research cores, a Pilot Research Project Core and this Administrative Core. This Core is tasked with ensuring
the seamless operation of the Center and the flow of information between the research cores, providing
administrative support, and facilitating Center interactions with the internal and external advisory boards. The
Core also evaluates the user research projects, including Pilot Projects, in consultation with our advisory
teams. These evaluations are used to select new users and to terminate support for non-productive projects.
The Administrative Core ensures the Center runs smoothly and efficiently, particularly with regard to
scheduling and resource allocation, coordinates Center activities to achieve optimum productivity in supporting
the users in our research project base and in developing new technologies, helps the other cores disseminate
our output widely to appropriate scientific communities (such as the technology development and drug abuse
research communities), facilitates the training and education of our staff and user base as needed, and
schedules presentations and sessions related to Center activities at local and national meetings. The
Administrative Core has successfully implemented these responsibilities over the past 14 years and will
continue to provide the same level of support to Center in the coming period. The high level of synergy
between the neuroscientists and technologists affiliated with the Center ensures we will enable exciting
scientific advances in understanding how systems of neurons interact in both the healthy nervous system and
upon exposure to drugs of abuse. Lastly, a series of outreach initiatives enabled through this Core confirms
that our protocols and approaches are widely available to the appropriate scientific communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10180923
- **Project number:** 5P30DA018310-18
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
- **Principal Investigator:** Jonathan V. Sweedler
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $91,901
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2004-08-23 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10180923

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10180923, The Administrative Core (5P30DA018310-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10180923. Licensed CC0.

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