# C1-Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · 2024 · $181,069

## Abstract

NMARC’s Administrative Core is responsible for providing scientific and administrative leadership for the entire
center program along with administrative support and budgetary oversight of all NMARC-related activities.
Operational oversight of the NMARC is provided by a three-tiered system of management: 1) The Administrative
Core led by the Center Director, Dr. Fernando Valenzuela; 2) the NMARC Steering Committee, composed of
four NMARC investigators, along with the former Center Director, Dr. Savage, and a community representative;
and 3) the NMARC Program Advisory Committee (PAC), composed of five alcohol research investigators whose
collective expertise will provide oversight and assessment of NMARC’s progress towards achieving its strategic
goals, the specific aims of the center as a whole, and the specific aims of each individual research component.
All NMARC investigators receive routine administrative support. The Admin Core also arranges all NMARC-
related meetings, manages logistical arrangements for NMARC seminar visitors, the Annual FASD Day
Symposium, and the Annual NMARC Meeting with the PAC. The Steering Committee meets at least monthly
to review progress on the research components and to discuss any resource allocation issues. The Steering
Committee also meets with the PAC during the Annual NMARC meeting to discuss each research component’s
progress, the operation and coordination of the Administrative and Pilot Project cores, and the center’s overall
progress towards the achievement of the specific aims of the center as a whole. The Admin Core also provides
scientific leadership and direction to NMARC’s investigators, working to help them achieve the specific aims
of their individual projects while advancing the specific aims of the center as a whole. The Admin Core
facilitates collaborative research interactions and communication through the monthly NMARC
Investigator Group meetings with all NMARC-affiliated investigators, working to increase the integration of
preclinical and clinical research projects. The Admin Core also works to build NMARC’s research capacity
through oversight of the pilot project program, continued efforts to recruit new faculty investigators to NMARC,
building research collaborations with other institutions and encouraging the training of future FASD
investigators. The Admin Core manages all issues related to resource allocation within the NMARC and
strives to maximize the synergistic utilization of research resources within the center. The Admin Core
coordinates and facilitates NMARC investigator access to other resources within the university. Finally, the
Admin Core works to enhance our knowledge dissemination capabilities through our NMARC Seminar Series,
the Annual FASD Day Symposium, a NMARC Webpage, and expanding our community outreach activities.
Assessment of NMARC’s progress towards the achievement of these aims and the strategic objectives is the
responsibility of the Steering Committee working...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10741687
- **Project number:** 2P50AA022534-11
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Carlos Fernando Valenzuela
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $181,069
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2014-08-05 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10741687

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10741687, C1-Administrative Core (2P50AA022534-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10741687. Licensed CC0.

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