# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $80,866

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY: ADMINISTRATIVE MODULE
 The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) was founded in 1989 as a cross-institutional,
interdisciplinary collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The
VVRC has a history innovative vision research, spanning the eye and its diseases to cognitive processing and
integration of visual information. Faculty from the School of Medicine, College of Arts & Science, School of
Engineering and the Peabody College of Education and Human Development combine through strong
institutional support and strategic faculty appointments to sustain excellence in vision science. The VVRC's
long-term mission is to leverage novel technologies, strategies and partnerships to (1) understand the
biological substrates of vision and mechanisms of diseases affecting the visual system and (2) leverage this
knowledge to develop and test new therapeutic strategies for vision-threatening conditions. To this end, we
support eight well-coordinated service modules. Animal Services, Histology, Instrumentation and Computation
represent cores intrinsic to VVRC facilities, while Genomics, Cell Imaging, In Vivo Imaging, and Proteomics
utilize an internal scholarship system to subsidize use of the world-class institutional cores for which Vanderbilt
is known. The purpose of the VVRC Administrative Module is to facilitate the integration and communication
of activities within and use of the separate service modules. VVRC Director Calkins will remain primary
investigator of the overall core. The administrative module is rounded out by Program Manager Jill Brott.
Together with the Directorship Committee, which includes the directors of each service module, the
administrative module oversees all daily activities within the VVRC and the use of all core funds. The Specific
Aims of this module are to (1) facilitate flow of service requests to appropriate module director and relevant
staff, (2) maintain electronic records of service module usage for distribution to module directors, (3) reconcile
all financial ledgers against expenditures and personnel encumbrances, (4) facilitate purchase of supplies and
equipment necessary for VVRC service modules and oversee their equitable usage, (5) mediate dispersion of
information related to all vision research activities, and (6) interact with administrative services for other centers
and institutes in support of core function. In these ways, the administrative module will promote innovation in
vision research at Vanderbilt by serving as the hub of financial, organizational, and educational activities
related to the VVRC mission.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10246438
- **Project number:** 5P30EY008126-34
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** David J. Calkins
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $80,866
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1997-04-01 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246438

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10246438, Administrative Core (5P30EY008126-34). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10246438. Licensed CC0.

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