# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME · 2024 · $784,634

## Abstract

Abstract/Summary: Administrative Core
The Center for Pediatric Brain Health will be a NIGMS-supported COBRE at the Boys Town National Research
Hospital (BTNRH) in Omaha, NE. The Center will focus on developmental neuroscience, neuroimaging, and
brain health. The Administrative Core will manage and continuously evaluate the Center’s major programs and
provide oversight of the fiscal and scientific components of the Center. The Core will be directed by Dr. Tony
Wilson of BTNRH with the assistance of a Master’s-level scientific administrator. Upon launching the Center for
Pediatric Brain Health, the Administrative Core will initiate a series of integrated programs to support the
research project leaders (RPLs) and the local pediatric neuroscience community and to help build a sense of
thematic cohesiveness across the BTNRH campus. Specifically, the Administrative Core will initiate mentoring
and career development programs, a pilot projects program, multifaceted training initiatives, two distinct seminar
series, community outreach, and research support and development initiatives. The mentoring and career
development approach will include the formation of a Supervisory & Mentoring Committee comprised of 10
highly-experienced mentors, with each RPL being directly advised by two co-mentors from this committee. To
help ensure the RPLs reach critical milestones, the Center will provide extensive resources and develop an
evaluation system comprised of project forums and mini progress reports, which will be presented regularly to
the Supervisory & Mentoring Committee to provide an ongoing assessment of each RPL’s progress. The Core
will also implement a pilot projects program that will award $100,000 per year to support new projects related
to pediatric brain health, with 50% of these funds being contributed by BTNRH. The Center’s training programs
will include two annual neuroimaging workshops aimed at the approaches most commonly used by pediatric
neuroscientists, as well as a postdoctoral neuroimaging training program and an extensive internship program
for post-baccalaureate and undergraduate students, with the latter also receiving substantial financial support
from BTNRH. The Administrative Core will also initiate a monthly seminar series focused on pediatric brain
health, which will bring internationally-known developmental neuroscientists to BTNRH to present their findings
and network with local scientists, and a bimonthly career development seminar series aimed at advancing the
junior scientists associated with the Center. Additionally, the Core will support a community outreach program
aimed at getting youth interested in science, with an emphasis on the brain. Finally, the Administrative Core
will provide extensive research support to Center investigators, including a participant registry to enhance study
recruitment, shared research infrastructure dedicated to study coordination and participant testing, and access
to the Neural Quantification ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10793545
- **Project number:** 5P20GM144641-03
- **Recipient organization:** FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME
- **Principal Investigator:** Tony W. Wilson
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $784,634
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-03-01 → 2027-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10793545

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10793545, Administrative Core (5P20GM144641-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10793545. Licensed CC0.

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