# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · 2024 · $899,752

## Abstract

Project Summary 
The Administrative Core (AC) is central to the leadership and administration of the Louisiana 
Biomedical Research network (LBRN). It communicates directly with NIH program staff and is 
responsible for the overall organization, management, and assessment of the Developmental 
Research Project Program (DRPP) and Undergraduate Research Opportunities. It will oversee 
the cores and their interactions. The AC is led by the Principal Investigator PI in close 
association with the Program Coordinator (PC) and supported by the Directors of the two Cores 
Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Core (MCBRC) and the Bioinformatics Biostatistics 
and Computational Biology, Core (BBCC) and Steering Committee (SC) members from the 
primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). Three other eminent scientists will assist the PI and 
PC with the tasks and decisions necessary to maintain and grow the LBRN. The External 
Advisory Committee (EAC) will evaluate all of the component parts of the LBRN and provide a 
detailed critique, to the AS. Additional assessment of the LBRN will be provided annually by the 
internal evaluation team and in year 2 and 4 by an external evaluations team. The goals of the 
AC will be accomplished by the following Specific Aims: 
Specific Aim I. The Administrative Core will provide overall leadership for the network, 
manage all financial aspects of the program, and serve as the connection between the 
PUIs, Steering Committee (SC), External Advisory Committee (EAC), External Evaluators, 
and NIH IDeA staff. 
Specific Aim II. The Administrative Core will facilitate the interactions of all three cores 
and the Developmental Research Project Program. 
Specific Aim III. The Administrative Core will recruit, select, oversee mentorship, and 
evaluate faculty and students for all research projects and the summer research 
program. 
Specific Aim IV. The Administrative Core will facilitate the summer research program for 
undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty. 
Specific Aim V. The Administrative Core will facilitate the electronic communication 
between PUIs and research-intensive units as well as public relations with the biomedical 
research community of the state. 
Specific Aim VI. The Administrative Core will implement and act on the evaluation of the 
entire program employing intensive internal and external evaluation methodologies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10844570
- **Project number:** 5P20GM103424-23
- **Recipient organization:** LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE
- **Principal Investigator:** Konstantin G Kousoulas
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $899,752
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2001-09-25 → 2025-07-24

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10844570

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10844570, Administrative Core (5P20GM103424-23). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10844570. Licensed CC0.

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