# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH U2C** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2020 · $144,229

## Abstract

Project Summary – Administrative Core
The Administrative Core at the West Coast Metabolomics Center for Compound Identification (WCMC) is
committed to the overall goals of the NIH Common Fund Metabolomics Initiative and specifically aims to greatly
improve small molecule identifications. The Administrative Core is led by the WCMC director Prof. Fiehn with
support from project coordinator Dr. Barupal in coordination with Prof. Wang, Prof. Tantillo and Dr. Kind. The
Administrative Core will provide leadership, organizational structure, and communication processes for the
overall mission. The Core will use effective administrative structures to manage tasks and monitor achievements
of the Computational Core and the Experimental Core. A steering committee and internal and an external
advisory board will give strategic guidance on all project aims. The Administrative Core will actively engage in
all Common Fund Metabolomics Consortium (CF-MC) activities, especially its working groups. They will help the
CF-MC to draft and implement guidelines and policies towards compound identification requirements for the
National Metabolomics Data Repository. The Administrative Core will take leadership in organizing internal and
external benchmarking tests for compound identification and validation of in-silico libraries. They will also engage
the CF-MC in efforts towards harmonizing metabolomic data reports through kits of internal chemical standards
that will be distributed to all CF-MC metabolomics cores, centers and projects as donations from chemical
vendors. Finally, they will assist the CF-MC Coordinating Center to reach out to key stakeholders for training
opportunities and dissemination of metabolomics software tools and databases.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9965945
- **Project number:** 5U2CES030158-03
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Oliver Fiehn
- **Activity code:** U2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $144,229
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9965945

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9965945, Administrative Core (5U2CES030158-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9965945. Licensed CC0.

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