PROJECT SUMMARY ADMINISTRATIVE CORE The Developmental Exposure Alcohol Research Center (DEARC) supports projects and investigators at Binghamton University to advance rigorous studies to understand ethanol action(s) on the developing brain so that effective treatments (cognitive, behavioral, pharmacotherapeutic, etc) can be developed and optimized for the future. The proposed renewal of the Center includes 5 Main Projects and a Pilot Project Core. The Administrative Core provides the organizational framework for the efficient management, direction, and coordination of Center activities to ensure that Center-wide goals and objectives, as described in the Overall Component, are fully realized. In essence, the policies, procedures, and Aims outlined in the Administrative Core become the tools through which the vision of the Overall Component is achieved. Led by the Center Director and the Scientific Director, the Administrative Core provides scientific leadership, identifies opportunities for collaboration, and promotes synergistic outcomes through strategic planning and guidance of all scientific components. The Administrative Core ensures scientific components have the scientific, technical, and financial resources to be successful, including access to software, equipment, protocols, and other readily share-able materials. Structured oversight provided through regular review of scientific progress, standardization of technical approaches, and protocol sharing accelerate progress, strengthen scientific rigor, and enhance reproducibility of scientific findings. The Administrative Core is uniquely poised to broaden the scientific impact of discoveries arising from Center-supported projects through strategic communications, presentations, and coordination with external agencies including but not limited to, the Research Society on Alcohol, ISBRA/ESBRA, and program staff at NIAAA. The Administrative Core supports the professional development of investigators at all career levels, with a specific priority of engaging and training scholars from diverse backgrounds. The goals of the Administrative Core, therefore, are to facilitate interaction and promote the highest quality research among projects by providing clear leadership, efficient management, strong administrative, fiscal and research infrastructure, and by advancing the integration of projects as a means to achieve synergistic outcomes from the Center as a whole.