# Integration, Planning and Oversight of Core Activities

> **NIH NIH P30** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $37,026

## Abstract

Administrative Core
Abstract:
 The overall goal of this UTSW Core Grant for vision research is to enhance the capabilities of vision
research scientists by facilitating easy access to equipment, training and technical support which will: expand
experimental capabilities, advance scientific rigor, result in more cost-effective and time-efficient research, and
open up new research directions. The Core Grant will also help to sustain a fertile environment for the
development of young vision researchers and stimulate new collaborations between vision scientists at UTSW
and other institutions in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex.
 Our proposed NEI Core Center consists of three Resource/Service Modules, each directed by a faculty
member with experience and expertise in their unit’s focus area: 1) Cell Culture and Cell Phenotyping; 2)
Molecular Biology/Virus Production; and, 3) Microscopy and Digital Imaging. In addition, the Center includes a
biostatistician who will work with each of the Investigators regarding the design of their research studies, and
with planning for the rigorous analysis of their data and interpretation of their results. W. Matthew Petroll,
Ph.D., Principal Investigator of the Administrative Core and Center Director, will be responsible for overall
administration of the Core Center and of the NEI P30 grant. Dr. Petroll will oversee Departmental secretarial
and administrative staff who will provide administrative support for Center activities. This will include: 1)
arranging equipment maintenance, managing service contracts, and purchasing supplies to support all three
scientific Modules; 2) scheduling meetings related to the Core Grant activities; 3) maintaining budgets and
providing monthly summaries of expenditures to Dr. Petroll and the three Module Directors. Dr. Petroll will hold
monthly meetings of the Module Directors to troubleshoot any problems that might arise, to ensure that
priorities are satisfied and that Modules are heavily used, and to identify opportunities for bringing new projects
to the Center. He will also host the semi-annual meetings of the Core Grant Advisory Committee, which will
offer advice on technical issues and will serve to adjudicate any serious conflicts that might arise. In addition,
the Advisory Committee members have strong connections to researchers in a variety of disciplines, and are
uniquely positioned to identify and promote potential multi-disciplinary collaborations, and recommend the
incorporation of new technologies and techniques.
 Success of the Core Grant will be assessed by the following outcome measures: a) number of participants
utilizing each Module; b) number of publications that benefited from one or more of the Modules; c) number of
pilot studies supported by the Core Grant that culminated in the awarding of new NEI research grants or
private foundation grants; d) number of postdoctoral fellows, medical students, and graduate students that
productively utilized each Module; and e...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10216268
- **Project number:** 5P30EY030413-03
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** W MATTHEW PETROLL
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $37,026
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-30 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10216268

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10216268, Integration, Planning and Oversight of Core Activities (5P30EY030413-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10216268. Licensed CC0.

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