# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U19** · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $334,102

## Abstract

The overall goal of the International Center for Gonococcal Vaccine Discovery, Formulation and 
Implementation (ICGV) is to employ our established pipeline for vaccine antigen discovery to optimize the 
antigenic properties of our selected outer membrane protein antigens as possible vaccine components. 
Furthermore, our Center will utilize antigen diversity, global strain heterogeneity, and public acceptance 
information to generate improved computer models that allow us to predict the success of any Ngo vaccine 
deployed. The infrastructure and collaborations to enable success for projects and cores described in this 
Center are already in place. The goal of the Administrative Core is to ensure that the ICGV is productive in its 
goals towards rational engineering of our selected Ngo outer membrane protein antigens and deploying 
predictive modeling approaches to integrate sequence and strain diversity with public opinion on STI vaccines. 
The Administrative Core consists of the project and core leadership and a Core Administrator, and this group 
will be supplemented by a panel of renowned vaccine experts as an external Scientific Advisory Board. The 
specific aims of the Administrative Core are as follows: Aim 1. Provide coordination, supervision and 
management that streamlines oversight of Center activities, while incentivizing synergistic and creative 
approaches to achieving project milestones and objectives. Aim 2. Coordinate regulatory responsibilities of the 
Center, including human subjects, animal subjects, training, compliance and NIH-related activities including 
production of progress reports. Aim 3. Foster collaboration with other cores, including planning and supporting 
multi-Center meetings. Aim 4. Function as an interface between projects, cores, the Scientific Advisory Board, 
CRC executive committee and NIH/NIAID staff. Aim 5. Establish realistic timelines and monitor progress 
towards these goals. When necessary, alternative strategies will be implemented to reach the project 
milestones. Aim 6. Provide financial oversight of all projects and cores. Aim 7. Provide an environment 
conducive to collaboration among the Core and Project investigators, ensuring investigators receive 
appropriate recognition for their contributions to this complex team-based project. Aim 8. Implement the 
Development and Research Program (DRP) to permit a competitive application process that will identify 
promising young investigators and fund their Ngo-based vaccine development projects that will ultimately feed 
into our pipeline and modeling. Innovative aspects of the Administrative Core include: the highly experienced 
PI and the well-established collaborations of PI with the project/core leads; the established pipeline for vaccine 
antigen discovery; the integration and deployment of an external Scientific Advisory Board; and the 
supplemental funding for the Development and Research Program committed by the Office of Research and 
Innovati...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10355468
- **Project number:** 5U19AI144182-04
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** CYNTHIA N CORNELISSEN
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $334,102
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-03-25 → 2024-02-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10355468

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10355468, Administrative Core (5U19AI144182-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10355468. Licensed CC0.

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