# Administrative Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2020 · $317,158

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract for Administrative Core
 The Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders (PCMD) at the University of Pennsylvania will enhance the
research productivity of, and provide critical services, resources and programs to, established and new
investigators who represent our Center membership. Our members have a wide variety of expertise and
address multidisciplinary research strategies for musculoskeletal problems. The overall goal of this Center is to
promote cooperative interactions among investigators, accelerate and enrich the effectiveness and efficiency
of ongoing research, foster new collaborations and new research, and ultimately, translate our research efforts
into better and new therapies for musculoskeletal disorders. This will be done through providing critical
research infrastructure, state-of-the-art research resources and study design guidance and intellectual
expertise to musculoskeletal investigators. Importantly, the Center serves as a local and regional resource to
expand the musculoskeletal community and recruit new investigators to the field. We have chosen to continue
the theme of “Musculoskeletal Tissue Injury and Repair” for the Center. This theme is encompassing (as it
includes all musculoskeletal tissue types, such as bone, cartilage, disc, ligament, meniscus, muscle, and
tendon), focused (as it takes advantage of commonalities in approaches across all tissue types, with particular
emphasis on applications using small animal models), and clinically significant (as it fosters development of
assays, procedures and new knowledge in pre-clinical animal and human models of translational relevance).
 The Specific Aims are to: 1) Coordinate, integrate, communicate, and monitor the Center components and
activities, 2) Advise the Center Director regarding the activities of the Center, 3) Administer the Pilot and
Feasibility Grant Program and its associated funding and reporting, 4) Implement an Enrichment Program, and
5) Provide a Resource Sharing Plan. It should be noted that Penn's musculoskeletal research community is
quite large and therefore, the needs of our investigators vary widely. Many investigators, both junior and
senior, are active users of one or more of our supported Resource Cores as described in this proposal. Other
investigators are active participants in our enrichment program, others in our Pilot and Feasibility Grant
program, while still others simply utilize our group's e-mail and website for information and identifying new
collaborations or research partnership opportunities. One of the great strengths of our Center is its inclusive
approach with a broad spectrum of activities and interactions, different from some other Centers that may have
a more specific focus such as a “bone” center or a “muscle” center. Rather, the PCMD is truly a
“musculoskeletal center” and has emerged as the recognized home for musculoskeletal research across the
Penn campus. Further, it has transformed into a regiona...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9968018
- **Project number:** 5P30AR069619-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** LOUIS J SOSLOWSKY
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $317,158
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9968018

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9968018, Administrative Core (5P30AR069619-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9968018. Licensed CC0.

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