# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · 2021 · $270,036

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The Center of Research Excellence in Natural Products Neuroscience (CORE-NPN) at The University of
Mississippi School of Pharmacy (UM), initiated ten years ago through a COBRE grant, has developed a
multidisciplinary team committed to evaluating the effects of natural products on the central nervous system
(CNS). The Center now has the potential to develop and sustain an innovative and independently funded
research center focused on treating disorders associated with the nervous system. The Administrative Core of
the CORE-NPN has cultivated a team of scientists engaged in strengthening the competitiveness of our basic,
translational, and entrepreneurial research projects at the interface of natural products and neuropharmacology.
The Administrative Core will continue to organize mentoring support, Steering Committee (SC) meetings,
External Advisory Council (EAC) meetings, the Distinguished Lectureship Series, the monthly meetings (Ignite-
COBRE-Talks), the Annual CORE-NPN Symposium, preparation of Progress Reports, review of Pilot Project
Applications, assistance in management of budgets, and conflict resolution that might arise with Research Core
usage. Additionally, the Administrative Core will ensure that fee-for-service operations are consistent with
University policies, track and monitor Core usage, evaluate Core operations, organize Annual Core Research
Days, manage the Voucher program, foster collaborations with the UM Neuroscience Constellation and build
partnerships with IDeA and other programs. Having built a critical mass of investigators who were funded during
COBRE Phases I and II of the CORE-NPN, the objectives of Phase III will be to encourage faculty members to
coalesce our research program in natural products and neuropharmacology and foster P01/P50/U19 grant
applications. The activities of the Administrative Core will be structured so the CORE-NPN becomes a mature
and sustainable Center. The specific aims to help accomplish our goals are: Specific Aim 1: To enhance sound
competitiveness of the CORE-NPN faculty through collaborations and by fostering research working groups.
This will facilitate the development of novel research and foster interactions among the CORE-NPN scientists
and with faculty members of other IDeA programs. Specific Aim 2: To accelerate the research of promising
faculty of the CORE-NPN through the Pilot Project Program using rigorous mentoring. The best novel ideas that
come from Specific Aim 1 will be provided seed money to support the generation of critical data to support new
competitive grant applications or to further develop a clinical or commercial product. Specific Aim 3: To advance
an infrastructure of the Research Cores in order to enrich our research efforts and to reinforce the Cores
sustainability. Research Cores will be supported to ensure they are state-of-the-art facilities. This will be
accomplished with institutional support and planned outreach programs and collab...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10182734
- **Project number:** 5P30GM122733-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
- **Principal Investigator:** Soumyajit Majumdar
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $270,036
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-15 → 2023-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10182734

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10182734, Administrative Core (5P30GM122733-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10182734. Licensed CC0.

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