# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $143,348

## Abstract

The Administrative Core of the Northwestern University (NU) Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR) will be
housed in the NU Feinberg School of Medicine Division of Rheumatology. This Core is responsible not only for
CCCR management and operations, but also for specific CCCR missions. For organized and dedicated efforts
to achieve these missions, we propose 3 Sub-Cores: the Mentoring Sub-Core will take charge of missions
relating to scientific and career development of mentees, mentor development, and team cohesion; the
Outreach Sub-Core will take charge of communication and enrichment missions, attracting investigators,
furthering collaboration, and expanding the Research Community and fields of work; the Evaluation Sub-Core
will be responsible for ongoing quality and productivity assessment of CCCR activities, leveraging excellence
in this area within NUCATS (NU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, NU's CTSA). The Executive,
Oversight, External Advisory (not as yet named), and Patient Advisory Committees will provide advisory
support; these committees will include members with expertise in relevant diseases and conditions,
methodologies, and in management of core facilities, as well as stakeholders. The overarching goal of the
Administrative Core will be to support and organize our team of teams, i.e., the rich network that represents our
Center, in order to optimize CCCR function and outcomes. Administrative Core aims are to: 1) provide the
CCCR structure tailored to: a) our vision of interdisciplinary science and methodologies best supporting clinical
research, and b) Core/Sub-Core conduct to ensure integration and synergy; 2) provide a structure that will
sustain effective and efficient CCCR operations; 3) provide expertise and leadership to identify important
projects and harness the CCCR to help them, maintaining highest rigor; 4) promote cross-Core and Core-
Research Community interactions to foster interdisciplinary work and knowledge advancement; 5) optimize
communication, cooperation, and collaboration among CCCR investigators and scientists in relevant fields at
NU and elsewhere; 6) foster training and development of researchers, and support development of
applications for independent funding; 7) foster innovative and high-impact exploratory projects within a pilot
and feasibility program; 8) expand CCCR influence and contributions to our environment by disseminating
opportunities to use Cores/Sub-Cores: 9) disseminate knowledge, empowering our research community and
the scientific community at large; 10) evaluate (ongoing) to: a) help to ensure that each Core/Sub-Core is at
the forefront to best position it to contribute to innovation, and b) assess outcomes of our CCCR's work
prospectively, using a priori designated metrics that incorporate team science instruments; 11) lead a
workshop in year 2 to include other funded CCCRs and key stakeholders, with the goal of better defining,
capturing, and communicating the meaningfu...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10236396
- **Project number:** 5P30AR072579-05
- **Recipient organization:** NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Leena Sharma
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $143,348
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-19 → 2022-09-20

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10236396

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10236396, Administrative Core (5P30AR072579-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10236396. Licensed CC0.

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