# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · 2024 · $330,642

## Abstract

The Administrative Core of the Center for Musculoskeletal Research (Center) will be responsible for
administrative and fiscal management of the Core Facilities, the Funding Initiatives and the Enrichment
Program. Ms. Melissa Machado, as Administrator and Fiscal Officer, will support Dr. Demay (Director) and Dr.
Divieti Pajevic (Associate Director). They will meet monthly with the Center Leadership Council composed of
the PIs, Core Directors and Associate Directors. They will meet twice a year with an Advisory Committee
made up of distinguished scientists from within and outside the Center. This Advisory committee will review
the educational, enrichment, career development initiatives in addition to Core service usage and innovation.
Their mandate will be to provide advice about Center management, Core services, innovations and initiatives,
including educational, mentoring, funding and DEI initiatives. The overall philosophy of Center leadership is
that the Core services and enrichment activities must be constantly reevaluated to ensure that they incorporate
new scientific advances and serve the growing and changing needs of the diverse scientific community served
by the Center. In addition to quarterly feedback solicited from Center investigators, the input of 5 Committees
composed of Center investigators is designed to routinely evaluate the effectiveness of current services and to
identify new initiatives/services which will increase the scientific impact of research conducted by Center
investigators, promote collaborative research, support investigations of Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) and
expand our community by outreach efforts including fostering musculoskeletal research by those from other
disciplines and offering mentored research experiences to those from backgrounds underrepresented in
STEM.
 Sustainability is based on leveraging institutional resources whenever possible and designing user fees to
cover supply costs of the Core services, with significant subsidies provided to early stage investigators (ESIs)
who have not yet obtained independent R01-type grant support. An emphasis on mentoring, collaboration,
career development and education will permeate all Center activities, with a special focus on ESIs, members in
training and those from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM. The underlying goal of all the services and
enrichment activities is to continue to expand the number and diversity of musculoskeletal investigators and to
foster interdisciplinary and collaborative research that leads to a deeper understanding of musculoskeletal
science, in a way promotes new approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10844174
- **Project number:** 2P30AR075042-06
- **Recipient organization:** MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Marie Demay
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $330,642
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2019-06-19 → 2029-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10844174

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10844174, Administrative Core (2P30AR075042-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10844174. Licensed CC0.

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