# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P41** · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · 2022 · $153,308

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
The administrative functions of the Center will operate under the aegis of the Chemistry of Life Processes
Institute (CLP) at Northwestern University (NU). The contact principal investigator and co-director is
Thomas O’Halloran, PhD, who is Director of the Chemistry of the Life Processes Institute with appointments in
Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience. He also oversees the CLP Quantitative Bioelement Imaging Center. Dr.
O’Halloran’s extensive experience in leading transdisciplinary, team science research programs makes him
ideally suited to lead the Resource, along with the Center’s Co-Director and PI/PD, Dr. Chris Jacobsen. Dr.
Jacobsen holds dual appointments at Argonne National Laboratories (ANL), where he is an Argonne
Distinguished Fellow, and at NU, where he is a professor of physics and astronomy. Dr. Jacobsen’s history of
successful development of new methods in x-ray microscopy complements Dr. O’Halloran’s expertise in the
chemistry and biological function of inorganic elements and leadership experience.
The faculty and staff of the Administrative Core will: (a) Provide leadership and administrative support to the
development and application of leading technologies that will significantly impact the scientific community; (b)
Develop and implement operating procedures and policies that ensure appropriate access to Resource
instrumentation and expertise; (c) Evaluate Resource progress on a timely basis and allocate resources
judiciously; and (d) Achieve sustainable community access to Resource-developed technologies.
The Resource co-directors will implement an External Advisory Committee (EAC) that will oversee evaluation
of Technology Research & Development (TR&D) projects and the turnover of Driving Biological Projects (DBPs).
Resource administrators will collect and report overall Resource metrics to the EAC to facilitate assessment of
Resource performance, opportunities and challenges, and strategic planning. The Resource co-directors will
also convene an Executive Committee that will be responsible for making recommendations to the EAC
regarding DBP and Collaboration & Service project selection, allocation of resources, and strategic allocation of
Resource funding. The Executive Committee will be responsible for implementing the decisions of the EAC.
Technologies developed by the Resource will be sustained and remain accessible to the entire scientific
community after federal funding has ceased. The ICP-MS based technologies and photoacoustic microscopy
under development will be operated as new service lines within established core facilities that operate under the
administrative umbrella of CLP. X-ray fluorescence technologies will be maintained by the APS unit at Argonne
National Laboratories, and made available to the scientific community via no-cost peer-reviewed user proposals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10494055
- **Project number:** 5P41GM135018-03
- **Recipient organization:** MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** THOMAS V O'HALLORAN
- **Activity code:** P41 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $153,308
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10494055

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10494055, Administrative Core (5P41GM135018-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10494055. Licensed CC0.

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