PROJECT SUMMARY The goal of The FLORIDA-FIRST BRIGADE is to test a cohort model of hiring, sponsorship, mentoring, and support for professional development, and the proposed administrative core is designed to seamlessly manage this effort. Research suggests that minority faculty development programs alone are not consistently associated with changes in URM representation, recruitment or promotion. Thus, faculty development is a necessary but not sufficient condition. Studies have identified two primary administrative barriers to increasing URM faculty representation in biomedical sciences: (1) the need for coordinated programmatic efforts and resources necessary to address recruitment, retention, and promotion and (2) the need for a senior leader champion. Our Administrative Core is designed to address these gaps. The Administrative Core will provide centralized coordination of fiscal, communications, and organizational management of The FLORIDA-FIRST BRIDAGE Brigade to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of key innovations. First, we are restructuring our recruitment procedures to ensure adequate marketing resources and best practices to reduce bias. Second, we will recruit URM faculty into a center in the Equity Research Corner to ensure unified best practices for mentoring, sponsorship, administrative support, and promotion procedures. This will create unprecedented coordinated programmatic efforts. Third, our overall governance structure includes multiple senior lead champions from different domains, including center directors, Provost Office, Office of Vice President for Research, and the faculty union (see Figure 4 in the Overall Core). Fourth, we will leverage the translational research and faculty infrastructure of the UF-FSU’s CTSA with the following mission, “Translational science at Florida State University engages communities in developing and testing biobehavioral interventions across the translational spectrum to address sociocultural determinants of health.” Thus, to address administrative barriers to increasing URM faculty, we propose one overarching aim: Thus, to address administrative barriers to increasing URM faculty, we propose one overarching aim: Aim. To institute a nimble administrative structure to harmonize with the existing institutional practices to successfully implement The FLORIDA-FIRST BRIDAGE.