# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $1,270,155

## Abstract

Summary
The Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research is a collaboration between Delaware State
University (DSU) and the University of Delaware (UD) that uniquely brings together faculty and
research resources from two very different institutions: a minority-serving, undergraduate
university with an emerging strength in neuroscience research (DSU), and the state's flagship
research university (UD), to support an interdisciplinary group of researchers focused on
understanding the brain. The role of the administrative core is to coordinate resources, expertise
and programs across Delaware State University and the University of Delaware to support the
continued success of the Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research. The focus of the
Administrative Core will be to fully develop the Center for Biomedical and Brain imaging and
establish it as a COBRE core, and to develop a group of investigators at each institution who are
competitive for external funding for their research.
 The management plan for the Center will build on the structures and processes
established during Phase I, and will foster productivity, innovation, and sustainability. Program
management is driven by a strategic plan that aligns project goals, objectives, activities,
milestones, short-term outputs, and long-term outcomes. The management plan includes project
management by the PI and co-I; scientific and institutional coordination advice from the internal
advisory committee; and an external advisory committee composed of accomplished scientists
with expertise related to the scientific goals of the Center, who will offer independent advice and
reviews of technical, scientific and managerial issues.
 The Administrative Core will be centered at Delaware State University with a subcore at
the University of Delaware to ensure coordination of efforts at both institutions. The
Administrative Core will provide the oversight necessary for continued success of the Delaware
Center for Neuroscience Research during COBRE Phase II and then to ensure the long-term
sustainability of the Center through Phase III and beyond.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10254432
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103653-10
- **Recipient organization:** DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** MELISSA A HARRINGTON
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $1,270,155
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-09-26 → 2023-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10254432

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10254432, Administrative Core (5P20GM103653-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10254432. Licensed CC0.

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