Administrative Core Summary The NEIDL Administrative Core provides the leadership, organizational structure, and direction of an established management plan that sustains the resources and infrastructure of the NEIDL at the highest level. This enables us to meet our mandate as a member of NIAID’s national and regional biocontainment laboratories network (the NBL-RBL network). It also ensures that we meet our mission to conduct cutting-edge research in the pathogenesis of emerging infectious diseases, and support development of the next generation of therapeutics, vaccines and diagnostics for emerging and remerging pathogens. The Administrative Core Serves as the focal point for coordinating, supervising and supporting all of the activities of the NEIDL, including all BSL-4 related activities. The specific aims of the core are to: 1. Coordinate and manage all NEIDL administrative and scientific support activities, including the review process for scientific projects requiring access to BSL-4 services and facilities; 2. Evaluate research progress and encourage data sharing, including promotion of collaborations with local, national, and global scientific communities; 3. Provide a high level of administrative support to optimize faculty and staff productivity, to ensure compliance with university administrative requirements for faculty and staff, and to assist Core leaders with administrative aspects of their Cores; 4. Ensure collaboration and coordination among core leaders, and communicate and interact with NIAID staff. 5. Conduct administrative oversight and fiscal management of the NEIDL through an organizational management structure, in particular to manage BSL-4 related NEIDL finances, including the operation of cost-recovery activities for each of the Cores; and 6) Partner with NIAID and other federal agencies in the management of all NEIDL BSL-4 facilities and operations, biosecurity, regulatory compliance, specialized research support services, and training activities in support of the national biodefense research agenda as needed.