# Xavier RCMI Renewal Application-Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · 2021 · $369,987

## Abstract

RCMI Administrative Core Summary 
The RCMI Cancer Research Center at Xavier University will provide a critical platform for researchers of 
diverse training and expertise to effectively address racial disparities with a focus on cancer biology, cancer 
prevention, diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcome. The overarching goal of the RCMI Program at Xavier 
University is to enhance biomedical research capacity in minority health and health disparities. To reach this 
goal, we plan to enhance faculty and programmatic research competitiveness, especially in the areas of 
cancer, minority health disparities and translational research. The Administrative Core will function as the 
managing unit of Xavier's RCMI program by providing leadership and creating a collaborative infrastructure 
that manages, coordinates, integrates, and supports the scope of the RCMI program activities. The 
Administrative Core will promote and facilitate integrated communications within and across the Investigator 
Development, Resource Infrastructure and Community Engagement Cores and the three proposed research 
projects. The Administrative Core will also be responsible for evaluating the progress of each research project 
and all cores to ensure each evaluation metrics of the RCMI program are met. The Administrative Core will 
effectively manage the RCMI Program by achieving five specific aims. Aim 1. Provide effective leadership in 
managing the key RCMI activities. The Admin Core leadership team will consist of PIs, Core Directors, and 
Program Managers, have monthly meetings to review progress, identify problems, discuss and implement 
solutions and improvement plans to ensure that each program goal is achieved as measured by assessment 
milestones. Aim 2. To implement processes for efficient use of the research infrastructure core facilities. The 
Administrative Core will have monthly standing meetings with the core faculty expertise group to review core 
operations, policies and procedures. Quarterly core service surveys and quarterly core service reports will be 
collected which track user satisfaction, core efficiency, and outcomes as measured by core-citing publications 
and grant applications with core participation. Aim 3. To provide administrative assistance in developing 
successful grant proposals for external support. The Admin Core will work collaboratively with Xavier's Office 
of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) to assist faculty and staff in obtaining external grants and 
contracts, including identifying potential sources of funding, providing professional review of proposals prior to 
submission, and assisting faculty in the administration of their grants. The RCMI will organize seminars and 
grant writing workshops jointly with ORSP and provide financial and logistic support to a network of mentors for 
pilot projects and junior investigators in developing grantsmanship. Aim 4. To promote and facilitate the 
development of a diverse pool of inve...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10374686
- **Project number:** 3U54MD007595-13S2
- **Recipient organization:** XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
- **Principal Investigator:** Guangdi Wang
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $369,987
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2009-09-24 → 2023-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10374686

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10374686, Xavier RCMI Renewal Application-Administrative Core (3U54MD007595-13S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10374686. Licensed CC0.

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