# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2022 · $150,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY - NCCC Administration (NCCC-A)
The University of Southern California (USC) Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCCC) is a matrix cancer
center with a longstanding tradition of exceptional science across the spectrum of basic, clinical, translational,
and population research. NCCC Administration (NCCC-A) provides the critical infrastructure to support the
Director, Associate Directors, Program Leaders, Shared Resources (SRs), 187 members, and NCCC offices
and external stakeholders engaged in cancer research, community outreach and engagement, and training and
education. Over this grant period, NCCC-A has undergone a major transformation to completely reshape
administrative support for NCCC in order to improve its impact, value, efficiency, and alignment with CCSG
guidelines. Under the strong leadership of new NCCC Director Caryn Lerman PhD and Associate Director for
Administration Christopher Loertscher MA, NCCC-A achieved many accomplishments over this grant period,
including to: 1) help develop and implement a new Strategic Plan; 2) coordinate a major reorganization of the
five NCCC Research Programs and the six SRs presented in this application; 3) reorganize and expand the
administrative staff structure with three new senior administrative managers to expand expertise in finance, SRs
management, grants administration, research informatics, and communications; 4) revamp NCCC membership
and space policies to enhance cancer focus; 5) implement new tools to improve reporting on grants, publications,
pilot awards, and clinical trials; 6) provide support to recruit and onboard 40 new external faculty; and 7)
coordinate ramp-down and resumption of NCCC activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. NCCC-A manages
all finances, pilot awards, grants, space, and SRs, including NCCC's annual operating budget of $37 million
(FY2020). It supports all governance and programmatic meetings and retreats to propel the NCCC research
enterprise to greater collaboration and innovation. NCCC-A manages NCCC's 300,000 sq. ft. of space across
the three NCCC-dedicated buildings under the control of the Director. In the next grant period, NCCC-A will
continue to execute the initiatives within the new NCCC 2020-2025 Strategic Plan by providing critical support
to: hasten the pace of cancer discovery; recruit new high impact, collaborative faculty; increase the impact of
community outreach and engagement as well as training and education; and foster new team science grants
through targeted RFAs and administrative activities that foster new collaborations. The efforts of NCCC-A
contributed to a 18% increase in total cancer research funding (11% increase in peer-reviewed funding,
including a 22% increase in NCI funding) over this grant period.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10694272
- **Project number:** 3P30CA014089-46S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** CARYN LERMAN
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $150,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1996-12-01 → 2026-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10694272

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10694272, Administrative Core (3P30CA014089-46S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10694272. Licensed CC0.

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