# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U19** · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · 2022 · $7,107,143

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT - Administrative Core
The AI-driven Structure-enabled Antiviral Platform (ASAP) AViDD Center is organized as a distributed
antiviral discovery effort that will produce---in addition to three Investigational New Drug (IND) applications---a
robust pipeline of open science data and reagents to enable global structure-based antiviral drug discovery.
Research Projects are organized as the sequential stages of a structure-enabled discovery pipeline, supported
by Scientific Cores, with well-coordinated handoffs between Projects essential to rapid progression of
discovery programs. The goal of the Administrative Core is to coordinate and support these activities, aid
efficient execution of Research Projects, coordinate strategic and timely handoff of discovery programs
between Projects as campaigns progress through sequential stages of the discovery pipeline, oversee efficient
execution of Scientific Cores supporting these efforts, and assist in the rapid dissemination of all scientific
output to the global antiviral discovery community. Administrative Core leadership mirrors the overall ASAP
AViDD Center Leadership, consisting of three investigators with a track record of effective collaboration as core
investigators of the COVID Moonshot project that succeeded in delivering a SARS-CoV-2 oral Mpro antiviral
into preclinical studies in 18 months: Core Lead John Chodera (MSKCC), co-I Alpha Lee (PostEra), and co-I
Ben Perry (DNDi), each overseeing a subset of activities. An experienced Administrative Director will
oversee the day-to-day operations of ASAP, its finances, and scientific communications within the center, with
NIAID, and externally; a Project Coordinator will handle delegated operations tasks, meeting coordination,
subaward management, and overseeing contract research organizations (CROs). A Developmental Project
award program will be established to enable new technologies to rapidly be integrated into Center Projects or
in-depth investigation of new resistance-robust target disease biology, and a Mentored Project award program
will enable the recruitment of interdisciplinary scientists to the field of antiviral discovery. A five-member
Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will be recruited that will actively participate in Center Quarterly meetings,
provide critical input into go/no-go decisions for promoting discovery campaigns to subsequent projects,
provide feedback on Center progress, and select Developmental and Mentored Project Awardees. The
Administrative Core will ensure that all Center operations are open and transparent, adherent to our core open
science philosophy for accelerating global antiviral discovery.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10513866
- **Project number:** 1U19AI171399-01
- **Recipient organization:** SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH
- **Principal Investigator:** John Damon Chodera
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $7,107,143
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-05-16 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10513866

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10513866, Administrative Core (1U19AI171399-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10513866. Licensed CC0.

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