# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · 2021 · $174,925

## Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE 
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 
The Administrative Core (AC) over the previous cycles has been effective in establishing the foundation of the 
Partnership and providing critical support across all components of the project: research, outreach, education, 
infrastructure, and professional development. In this renewal, the AC will continue to serve as a facilitative 
resource to provide strategic leadership and oversight in the development, implementation, coordination, and 
management of all Partnership activities for the Partnership's Infection-Driven Malignancies Program for 
Advancing Careers and Translational Sciences (IMPACT). This core, which works collaboratively with the 
Planning and Evaluation, and DATAOmics Cores, provides assistance with the daily activities of the 
Partnership, including, but not limited to, grants management, program management, and meeting planning, as 
well as to spearhead short-term and long-term strategic planning and prioritization for the successful 
achievement of Partnership initiatives. At each institution, the AC is composed of three principal investigators, 
and one program director. Specific Aims for the AC include: 1) Provide leadership, administrative 
management, and organizational infrastructure, including leading overall strategic planning and oversight of 
program implementation, assessment and evaluation; 2) Oversee the scientific research agenda to ensure 
program goals are clearly defined and aligned with the goals of the grant, and that activities are thoughtful, 
well-planned, and scientifically sound; 3) Ensure core operations are efficient and integrated, project 
deliverables are met, regular communications among the cores and projects are in place and facilitated, and 
program goals for progress monitoring, outcomes documentation and deliverables are met; 4) Engage, 
develop, and maximize collaborations with other U54 Partnerships, as well as other internal and external 
entities to promote sustainability; 5) Support communications across the Partnership's projects and cores and 
with the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC), Program Steering Committee (PSC) and NCI CPACHE program 
office; 6) Augment the cancer research capacity of the UPR and the UPRCCC through the development of 
targeted hires and leveraged strategic collaborations; and 7) Establish a centralized Scientific 
Communication Core (SciCom) to provide a wide range of educational, editorial, and publishing services, free 
of charge, to UPR and UPRCCC faculty and students. This core will strengthen the overall cancer research 
enterprise in infection driven malignancies in PR and TX, and will support the implementation of UPRCCC's 
roadmap leading to the submission of a CCSG (P30) for NCI designation as a Cancer Center.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10247751
- **Project number:** 5U54CA096297-18
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** BRAD R WEINER
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $174,925
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2002-08-16 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10247751

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10247751, Administrative Core (5U54CA096297-18). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10247751. Licensed CC0.

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