CSUF/UCI-CFCCC Cancer Health Disparities Research Program (CHERP) Administrative Core: Abstract The overall goal of the administrative core is to provide oversight to all administrative, fiscal, and communication/partnership needs for the P20 collaboration between the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and the University of California, Irvine, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCI-CFCCC). The specific aims are the same as the overall component, and include the following: to plan, implement and evaluate a highly integrated and interactive cancer health disparities partnership between CSUF and UCI-CFCCC; to conduct pilot cancer health disparities research projects involving at least one investigator at each institution that advance knowledge regarding cancer health disparities, leading to the submission of competitive grant applications by NIH/NCI and other federal/non-federal agencies; and to provide cancer research education to underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students to increase their understanding of cancer health disparities, leading to a larger pool of highly talented future scientists from diverse backgrounds. To accomplish this we will undertake a set of activities organized under four components. The Adminstrative Core will be responsible for the overall administrative and fiscal aspects of all P20 activities, and will include the Executive Committee and Internal Advisory Committee. Activities will be implemented in three stages: initial planning, implementation, and evaluation. The evaluation effort will be spearheaded by an external evaluator with expertise in multi-component center reviews. The long term goals of this collaborative partnership are to diversity the cancer research workforce and ultimately increase our scientific impact to address the cancer health disparity needs of the large geographic areas between CSUF and UCI-CFCCC that comprise the cancer center's catchment area.