# Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity REsearch (KC-MORE) - Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · 2022 · $290,601

## Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE: PROJECT SUMMARY
The overall goal of the Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity REsearch (KC-MORE) COBRE program is
to establish a multidisciplinary research center focused on expanding our knowledge for the treatment and
prevention of obesity, metabolic dysfunction, and obesity-associated disease states. The formation of the Center
will create the infrastructure to bring existing research strengths together to grow a self-sustaining research
community. In phase one, the KC-MORE will consist of a group of four Research Project Leaders (RPLs), three
scientific cores, a public seminar series and annual symposium, a Mentorship and Career Development
Program, a Pilot Awards Program, and a Diversity and Inclusion Program. A seven-member Steering Committee
made up of the two multi-PIs and the Core and Program Directors will govern and manage the Center with advice
and input from an External Advisory Committee (EAC) that will consist of five experts in the field. The KC-MORE
will partner with the University and academic departments to develop obesity and metabolism research at the
University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). The Administrative core will be responsible for the overall
management of the administrative, fiscal, educational, and scientific aspects of the KC-MORE. This Core will
play an important leadership role by setting the overall scientific direction of the Center’s activities, coordinating
and integrating the Center’s functions, and promoting internal and external collaborative interactions. The
Administrative core will strengthen interactions between the KC-MORE COBRE and the institution by interfacing
its activities with other programs, centers, and institutes at KUMC, and by integrating the research cores with
existing institutional shared resource centers and cores. The Administrative core will be responsible for
coordinating the leadership activities, arranging for the EAC meetings and program evaluations, providing
administrative and accounting support to the RPLs and cores, and developing and administering the seminar
series and educational programs. In addition, the core will also house three critical additional activities. These
are the formal mentoring program, an annual pilot awards program, and a diversity and inclusion program. The
overall aims of the Administrative core include the following: creating the infrastructure necessary for center
oversight, providing financial and administrative management to the Center, leading the mentoring and career
development program, and conducting an annual pilot awards program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10335437
- **Project number:** 1P20GM144269-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** STEVEN A WEINMAN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $290,601
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-04-01 → 2027-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10335437

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10335437, Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity REsearch (KC-MORE) - Administrative Core (1P20GM144269-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10335437. Licensed CC0.

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