Abstract/Summary – Administrative Core The Administrative Core will be responsible for the overall leadership and scientific oversight of the Michigan Metabolic Phenotyping of live Models of Obesity and Diabetes (Mi-MPMOD) Center. The Core will provide administrative assistance to the Animal Care and Germ-Free Core and the Metabolic, Physiological and Behavioral (MPB) Phenotyping Core and ensure that their services are delivered efficiently and to the highest possible standards. The leadership team has extensive administrative experience and is centrally located in the North Campus Research Complex at the Elizabeth W. Caswell Diabetes Institute (CDI), adjacent to administrative cores of the Michigan Diabetes Research Center (MDRC), the Michigan Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (MNORC) and the CDI. This clustering of related Administrative Cores facilitates an efficient use of space and equipment and leverages the collective experience of all centers’ administrators assuring the transfer of best practices among them. The administrative core will: a) Coordinate the receipt of animals and assignments for the appropriate phenotyping services; b) monitor studies progress until completion of data analysis and submission of final reports to the requesting investigator(s); c) ensure secure processing and signing of all necessary conditions of use statements, contracts, service fees, and data records as well as the subsequent data submission to the MPMOD Consortium and Coordinating Unit (CU) database; d) manage budgetary and workflow records, oversee cost recovery, program income and adjustment of service charges; e) re-budget Center funds based on the cores service activity and scientific needs; f) promote the availability of MPMOD resources to local investigators, regional partners, and nationwide research institutions, including academic and for-profit biotechnology and pharma companies; g) develop communication strategies to specifically target underrepresented PIs and small laboratories or institutions that have not received significant federal research funding through advertisement, seminars, and direct contact with the academic departments; h) facilitate the development of new research technology and training resources for the Center’s MPB Phenotyping Core; and i) meet regularly with the Advisory committees and oversee the preparation and submission of annual progress report to NIDDK. The Administrative Core will work closely with the Centers’ Consortium and the national CU by actively participating in the solicitation and review of applications for the MPMOD Consortium’s funding programs. It will also work in synergy with the Consortium and CU to minimize overlap of services and establish, standardize, document, and distribute phenotyping protocols and quality control procedures to laboratories nationwide.