# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2022 · $713,238

## Abstract

Update: This past year the COBRE experienced the stepping down of our founding PIs, Drs. McFall-Ngai and Ruby as 
they retired from UH Manoa. After securing the support and agreement of University officials, the COBRE’s EAC, 
and the NIH, we were delighted to have Dr. A Amend become interim Director of the program. 
Project Summary- CORE A - ADMINISTRATIVE 
The Administrative Core of the Integrative Center for Environmental Microbiomes and Human Health 
COBRE (ICEMHH) will be directed by Dr Margaret McFall-Ngai [Professor of Pacific Biosciences Research 
Center (PBRC)], with the day-to-day administrative activities of the core coordinated by Prof Marilyn Dunlap 
(PBRC). The principal function of the Administrative Core is to facilitate the effective and efficient establishment of this 
COBRE at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM). This Core will oversee development of the Center through 
the training, mentoring and graduating of the junior investigator project leaders (JIs). It will organize the 
meetings of the Junior Investigator Development Committee (JIDC), composed of project mentors and core 
leaders, and the Internal Advisory Committee (UHM senior faculty consultants to the Center), and will facilitate 
the communication of all Center personnel. It will also organize the yearly meetings with the External Advisory 
Committee (EAC). The Administrative Core will prepare progress reports and provide these to the EAC and 
NIH, and serve as a dynamic link between this COBRE and UHM, other UHM COBRE's, and the UHM INBRE 
program. It will also be responsible for the full logistical and administrative support of both the individual JI 
projects and their supporting core facilities. Such efforts will include maintaining all aspects of the budget, staff 
records, equipment inventories, and advice on manuscript preparation and support for proposal submission. The 
Core will administer travel funds for JI training, and will support a yearly meeting to bring in leaders in the field of 
microbiome research to discuss their work and the intellectual context in which the Center is developing. 
Finally, this Core will be responsible for executing all evaluation, assessment and any corrective actions for the 
COBRE. The Core will be based in space in the administrative building of PBRC on the same floor as the offices 
of the PBRC Director, M McFall-Ngai, and PBRC Associate Director, M Dunlap.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10488595
- **Project number:** 5P20GM125508-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** Anthony Amend
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $713,238
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-08-15 → 2023-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10488595

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10488595, Administrative Core (5P20GM125508-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10488595. Licensed CC0.

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