# Administration and Advocacy

> **NIH NIH P50** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2024 · $186,839

## Abstract

SUMMARY 
Our Breast SPORE consists of three full research projects as well as developmental projects, career 
development, and specialized core resources. An Administrative Core is needed to efficiently utilize 
administrative personnel and to provide common services for these projects and cores. Dr. Matthew Ellis, 
as Principal Investigator of the SPORE, will direct this Administrative Core. The Core will support 
communication and integration among SPORE members, organize regular SPORE membership meetings 
as well as conferences and seminars, and assist in coordinating clinical trials management within the SPORE 
projects. The Core also provides a pool of services which are common to all components of the SPORE, 
including: financial administration of grant funds and the Director’s discretionary funds, organization of 
conferences and seminars, administrative processing of review and funding of Developmental Projects, 
management and review of Developmental Projects, coordination of travel, report preparation, monitoring 
Human Subjects training, conflict of interest reporting and management, and assurance of compliance with 
all NIH and institutional grant regulations. The Core will also coordinate the services of our Internal Advisory 
Board and Advocates Committee, and arrange for the visits of our External Advisory Board members to 
review our progress and make recommendations. In summary, consolidation of common support and 
administrative functions relieves individual projects of many minor but important tasks, and assures quality 
control in record-keeping, services, and compliance issues. Core personnel are highly experienced, and the 
Core provides well-organized and cost-effective support to all components of the SPORE

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10928235
- **Project number:** 5P50CA186784-10
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** MATTHEW J ELLIS
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $186,839
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2014-09-19 → 2026-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10928235

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10928235, Administration and Advocacy (5P50CA186784-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10928235. Licensed CC0.

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