# ADMINISTRATION

> **NIH NIH P41** · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · 2020 · $394,996

## Abstract

BTRC ADMINISTRATION and MANAGEMENT
SUMMARY
The National Resource for Quantitative Funtional MRI has an Administrative Core that coordinates all BTRC
activities, i.e. the development and dissemination of new MRI and MRS methodology for the assessment of the
changing brain, as well as the training in its use.
The PI of this core is Dr. Peter van Zijl, an experienced expert in MRI and MRS technology development, who
has a longstanding experience in managing multi-center collaborations. Daily operation of the BTRC is the
responsibility of Dr. van Zijl in close interaction with members of the Executive Committee, which consists of
the PIs of the four technical research and development (TR&D) projects. The full committee meets bimonthly
or whenever necessary. The TR&D PIs are all in close proximity and meet/interact closely at least on a weekly
basis. The general goals of the Resource are formulated by this Executive Committee with guidance from the
internal and external advisory committees. The main goal is to create an environment that allows method
development through the push-pull interaction between the physicists and engineers of the TR&Ds and the
application scientists and clinicians heading the collaborative projects. In addition, the BTRC supports many
service projects as test beds of the methodology in important areas of application. The committee also assures
that technology is further disseminated through presentations, training courses, and software and data transfer
to interested sites (See Training and Dissemination Section).
The Resource has carefully designed operating procedures to establish the above-mentioned collaborative and
service projects and for the management of the facilities in terms of humans and animal safety and equitable
access to the scanners and facilities. Plans for long-term maintenance of the facility assure that the BTRC can
function successfully.
The progress of the BTRC is overseen by an External Advisory Committee (EAC) consisting of experts in the
fields for our TR&Ds. This committee meets annually to advise on scientific progress and on the progress of
the center in terms of its goals of collaboration, service, training and dissemination. A yearly report is submitted
to NIBIB as part of the annual progress report. In addition to the EAC, we have several local committees that
provide oversight, including a protocol review committee that evaluates all research projects in terms of human
safety and research quality.
The BTRC has strong institutional support, as outlined in letters by the president of KKI and the Chairman of
radiology at Johns Hopkins University.
Our resource enters its final 5-year period as stipulated by the sunset policy of the NIBIB. We propose a
transition strategy to continue our successful development of technology facilitated through multi-disciplinary
collaboration.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9997687
- **Project number:** 5P41EB015909-20
- **Recipient organization:** HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER
- **Principal Investigator:** Peter CM Van Zijl
- **Activity code:** P41 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $394,996
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2000-07-01 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9997687

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9997687, ADMINISTRATION (5P41EB015909-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9997687. Licensed CC0.

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