# Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations (FMMO) Core

> **NIH NIH UC7** · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · 2024 · $1,943,533

## Abstract

ABSTRACT; CORE 1, Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations (FMMO) core
The coordination of research and research support services to ensure safe and efficient performance is central
to all research and public health missions of the Rutgers RBL. Here, we propose to use existing University
support for the RBL along with new funding supported by this UC7 application to combine all RBL support
personnel from several contributing Departments and Divisions into a single expanded Facility Management,
Maintenance and Operations (FMMO) Core. This new core will fundamentally transform our RBL by organizing
the diverse research and facilities support personnel into a single interactive core for improved operations of
critical infrastructure, equipment, and laboratory services to the RBL community. The FMMO core will provide
BSL3 management and oversite, ensure efficient operations and maintenance of the BSL3 facilities, provide
trained staff to support the BSL3 building systems and equipment, and provide routine animal husbandry,
microbiology and virology services in support of investigators grant funded research projects. In Aim 1, we will
re-organize and improve our existing research and facilities support services (working with the BSL3 Practices
Core 2 and the Animal research and specialized service Core 3) into three integrated units to address all aspects
of facilities management, maintenance, and operations In Aim 2, we will develop, implement and monitor a new
robust system for preventative maintenance and life-cycle governed replacement of equipment critical to RBL
functioning.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10910195
- **Project number:** 5UC7AI180307-02
- **Recipient organization:** RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Deborah Ann Lazzarino
- **Activity code:** UC7 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $1,943,533
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-08-18 → 2028-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10910195

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10910195, Facility Management, Maintenance and Operations (FMMO) Core (5UC7AI180307-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10910195. Licensed CC0.

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