# Administrative Core Rio Grande Valley AD-RCMAR

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · 2022 · $176,324

## Abstract

Project Summary – Administrative Core
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Alzheimer´s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging
Research (AD-RCMAR) will attract and support researchers from multiple disciplines and at different career
stages, with the goal of reducing health disparities in the Hispanic/Latino population with Alzheimer´s disease
and related disorders (ADRD). The Administrative Core (AC) will be the central executive unit of UTRGV AD-
RCMAR, providing leadership, coordination/communication among all activities and Cores. The AC also will
provide programmatic direction, oversight of functions including regulatory compliance, administrative
assistance, and supervision, ensuring synergy between the three cores and Research Education component,
and will facilitate external communications and dissemination. The AC will promote innovation, leverage
institutional and national resources and collaborations, and will be responsible for sustaining the Center´s
focus on its scientific mission and expanding its research. Specific Aims of the AC are: 1) provide efficient and
cost-effective administrative coordination for the AD-RCMAR, including support for grant administration, budget
management, communication and coordination across its partners, Cores, Research Education component,
and other administrative functions to support and optimize the Center's productivity and sustainability; 2)
facilitate and coordinate approaches to attract and strengthen the number and research impact of highly
talented investigators from underrepresented backgrounds who are committed to high-quality research on AD
in Hispanics; 3) plan and oversee the solicitation, review, and selection of AD-RCMAR pilot grants aimed at
identifying social/behavioral, neural, and genetic contributors to high AD prevalence in Hispanics and create a
system for tracking them until and beyond the awardees' attainment of independent funding; 4) foster
interactions and collaborations at UTRGV, affiliated institutions, and externally, including the Coordinating
Center, other AD-RCMAR Centers, NIA Programs, lay community groups, and the annual AD-RCMAR
meeting; 5) maximize and coordinate the leveraging of resources, including those available through UT and
collaborating partner organizations, and institutional and external grant funds to promote the AD-RCMAR's
overall mission; and 6) provide systematic, objective and formal evaluation of each Core, the Research
Education component, and the AD-RCMAR as a whole, internally and by organizing and coordinating with the
External Advisory Group, and fulfill all required annual and semi-annual reporting. To accomplish these aims,
we have built a leadership team with extensive experience in administration of federal funding, research
education, planning and evaluation. Our proposed AC will provide an effective and efficient administrative
infrastructure for the UTRGV AD-RCMAR to establish, maintain, and grow a robust, interdisciplina...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10461925
- **Project number:** 5P30AG059305-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
- **Principal Investigator:** Gladys E. Maestre
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $176,324
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2023-08-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10461925

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10461925, Administrative Core Rio Grande Valley AD-RCMAR (5P30AG059305-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10461925. Licensed CC0.

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