# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2021 · $95,794

## Abstract

Abstract 
The primary objectives of the Administrative Core, Core A, are to provide scientific, administrative 
and fiscal oversight and management to the three projects and three cores of the PDTC program 
at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC; UTPDTC), and the 
consortium with the University of Texas South Western Medical Center (UTSW). This includes 
grant management; scientific and fiscal support, periodic scientific and administrative reviews, 
outreach and information dissemination, personnel management, and coordination of meetings. 
Core A will play a major unifying role in stimulating valuable interactions not only between 
UTPDCT project and core leaders, but also with investigators from the other three PDTCs funded 
by NCI and NCI officials. This core will: A) Direct the overall scientific quality and administrative 
management of the UTPDTC; B) Ensure effective communication and integration between 
research projects (1-3), the consortium with UTMDACC and UTSW, Bioinformatics (Core B), PDX 
(Core C), and Pilot Projects and Trans-Network Activities (Core D) cores; C) Facilitate 
communication with NCI scientific staff and collaborative interactions with PDXNet, PDXNet Data 
Commons and Coordinating Center (PDCCC), and NCI Patient-Derived Models Repository 
(PDMR) at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR); D) Monitor and 
ensure the overall compliance of UTPDTC in conjunction with all specific NCI regulations and 
necessary reporting requirements; E) Coordinate data quality control and assurance issues; F) 
Oversee expenditures and maintain budget information; G) Organize all necessary meetings, 
including the Steering and Internal Advisory Committees (UTMDACC), regular scientific meetings, 
lectures, symposia, and attendance to the annual PDXNet Steering Committee meeting (NCI); H) 
Adhere to the NIH Grant Policy on Sharing of Unique Research Resources; and I) Coordinate 
and facilitate resolution of scientific disputes.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10242649
- **Project number:** 5U54CA224065-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Jack Roth
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $95,794
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-30 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10242649

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10242649, Administrative Core (5U54CA224065-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10242649. Licensed CC0.

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