# Core A: Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING · 2021 · $802,220

## Abstract

Abstract.
The Wyoming Sensory Biology Center (SBC), a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence
(COBRE), integrates and supports thematic multi-disciplinary sensory biology research at the
University of Wyoming. The Administrative core (AC) will assume the organizational and fiscal
responsibilities for the SBC. The AC will be responsible for steering the research direction of the
SBC, overseeing progress of research projects, coordinating career development and mentorship
for junior scientists, reviewing pilot projects, purchasing equipment, improving research
infrastructure; and, cost-sharing in start-up packages for research faculty. The AC relies on a
team of experienced mentors, internal and external advisory committees under the leadership of
the Center Director to guide four Project Leaders toward independent research careers. The SBC
will be led by Dr. Qian-Quan Sun, an experienced sensory biologist with a solid federal funding
record and extensive mentoring and administrative experiences. The AC of the SBC has the
following specific aims: 1) establish a sustainable thematic multi-disciplinary SBC in the University
of Wyoming; 2) provide scientific leadership and an administrative structure to oversee the
research activities of the four projects and the research core; 3) maintain a rigorous mentoring
program to help establish junior scientists as independent investigators and facilitate the selection
and recruitment of new junior investigators and new research projects; 4) provide fiscal oversight
of the SBC and maximally utilize financial resources to build a sustainable center; 5) coordinate
an effective internal and external advisory committee structure to provide expertise, advice, and
oversight of the program, and to ensure effective communication between members of the SBC
and advisory committees; 6) develop and implement a formative and summative evaluation
strategy with specific milestones. Successful operation of the AC will enable the SBC to achieve
the following milestones within the initial five years of funding: successful expansion of the state-
of-the-art imaging and microscopy core facility, success in all Project Leaders whom competed
for R01-level funding; four to six new or early-stage investigators added to the Center; two to four
new mentors added (including Project Leaders who recently graduated from COBRE support);
and at least 20 manuscripts accepted for publication or published in reputable peer-reviewed
journals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10216276
- **Project number:** 5P20GM121310-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
- **Principal Investigator:** Qian-Quan Sun
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $802,220
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10216276

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10216276, Core A: Administrative Core (5P20GM121310-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10216276. Licensed CC0.

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