# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2022 · $241,935

## Abstract

Project Summary Abstract: Administrative Core
The Administrative Core is the hub that will enable the MSCP SPORE to fulfill its mission and vision to address
key problems and barriers in current therapies for melanoma and other skin cancers, to improve patient
outcomes. The Administrative Core will provide scientific and fiscal oversight and enhance communication on
multiple levels to ensure the success of the MSCP SPORE. The Core will oversee day-to-day operations,
coordinate periodic administrative and scientific reviews, and work closely with the NCI Program Office. Core
personnel will coordinate MSCP SPORE activities with those of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center (HCC), the Departments and Schools whose faculty participate in MSCP
SPORE projects, with outside collaborating institutions, and with advocacy groups. The Core will foster
interactions among SPORE projects and with related research outside the MSCP SPORE regionally,
nationally, and internationally. The Core will oversee the Developmental Research Program (DRP) and the
Career Enhancement Program (CEP) and issue requests for new pilot project applications for these on a semi-
annual basis, arranging for their review, prioritization, and funding of successful DRP and CEP applications.
The Administrative Core will provide the administrative framework through which the SPORE Executive
Committee, Internal Advisory Board (IAB), and External Advisory Board (EAB) as well as our patient advocates
can evaluate program activities and redirect resources as needed to maximize translational progress toward
the goals of the MSCP SPORE. The Core will work to raise melanoma cancer awareness and to increase
philanthropic support of melanoma and skin cancer research, to enhance the depth and increase the breadth
of impact of the MSCP SPORE research effort. Centralization of these efforts in the Core maximizes efficiency
and ensures that SPORE guidelines are followed uniformly throughout the program. The Administrative Core
will monitor budgets of the SPORE Research Projects and Cores to ensure that no duplication of effort occurs
between the MSCP SPORE and the shared facilities at HCC, other funded SPOREs at HCC, or the national
cooperative groups. The Core will be used equally by the three research projects, the other two Cores, the
DRP, and the CEP.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10469632
- **Project number:** 5P50CA254865-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** HASSANE M ZAROUR
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $241,935
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2021-08-15 → 2026-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10469632

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10469632, Administrative Core (5P50CA254865-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10469632. Licensed CC0.

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