# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · 2022 · $793,362

## Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE PROJECT SUMMARY 
 COBRE Phase I, Comparative Biology of Tissue Repair, Regeneration and Aging, supported the 
development and growth of the Kathryn W. Davis Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine (Davis 
Center). The Davis Center is the major research focus of the MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL). COBRE 
Phase II will support three Project Leaders and two scientific cores, and will continue to support the growth of 
the Davis Center in order to establish a critical mass of investigators and a self-sustaining research program. 
 The Administrative Core is critical to the management and success of COBRE Phase II. The COBRE 
PD/PI and Administrative Core Director, Dr. Kevin Strange, has primary responsibility for administering the 
program and overseeing the development of the COBRE, its faculty and its cores. He is assisted by the 
Administrative Core Co-Director, Dr. Nadia Rosenthal, and Program Coordinator, Ms. Amy Somes. Decisions 
regarding budgets, core usage and direction of the COBRE are made by the Director and Co-Director with 
advice from the External Advisory Committee (EAC) and Internal Advisory Committee (IAC). Leadership and 
oversight includes coordination and integration of Project Leader research programs with Center resources 
and activities; establishing and managing the allocation of Center resources; organizing Center activities; 
organizing EAC and IAC meetings; management of a rigorous faculty career development plan; faculty and 
program evaluation; faculty recruitment; and interactions with other groups to further COBRE goals. 
 COBRE Phase I supported four early-career Project Leaders and one mid-career Project Leader. 
Phase I was highly successful both from formative and summative standpoints. All five Project Leaders 
graduated from Phase I with independent research program grant support and achieved multiple other 
successes including publication of significant peer-reviewed papers, creation of patented/patentable intellectual 
property, receipt of foundation and R21 grants, significant peer recognition and, for the mid-career Project 
Leader, a major and productive change in his laboratory research direction. The success of Phase I is directly 
attributable to the implementation of a rigorous career development plan that will be utilized in Phase II. 
Elements of this plan include a rigorous faculty recruitment process, biannual EAC reviews, biannual Project 
Leader career SWOT analyses and scientific advisor reviews, mandatory grant proposal development and 
review, peer-to-peer mentoring, and regular group meetings and meetings with the Administrative Core 
Director and Co-Director. 
 MDIBL’s long-term strategic scientific goal is to build a world-class research program in regenerative 
biology and medicine. The Davis Center will remain MDIBL’s sole research focus for the foreseeable future 
and its sustainability is therefore of the highest priority to MDIBL leadership. Sustainability wil...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10437779
- **Project number:** 5P20GM104318-10
- **Recipient organization:** MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB
- **Principal Investigator:** IAIN A. DRUMMOND
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $793,362
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2013-09-01 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10437779

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10437779, Administrative Core (5P20GM104318-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10437779. Licensed CC0.

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