The Administrative Core, under the direction of Project Manager Randall Deck, will be headquartered atChiron Corporation (Chiron) - the applicant organization. Upon approval of this grant application, the corewill be initially responsible for facilitating formal written agreements between Chiron and each consortiumparticipant in order to meet the scientific, administrative, financial, and reporting requirements of the grant,including those necessary to ensure compliance with all applicable Federal regulations and policies. Thecontracts will include all requirements referenced in the NIH Grants Policy Statement regarding consortiumagreements. The Administrative Core will be responsible for disbursement of grant funds, as required, toconsortium participants. In order to provide a forum to facilitate the coordination of research activities, thedesign of experiments related to the project, the review of research progress and budgetary issues, theAdministrative Core will organize (1) quarterly teleconferences (more frequently if required) with Project/CoreLeaders and (2) annual face-to-face meetings at NIAID-sponsored AIDS meetings. The Administrative Corewill request Project/Core Leaders to submit brief written quarterly research updates which will be distributedto all participants prior to each meeting. In addition, agenda items for each teleconference and annualmeeting will be outlined and distributed in advance, and summaries of each meeting will be recorded anddisseminated to the project participants by the Administrative Core. Meeting summaries and quarterlywritten reports will also form the basis of progress reports to be submitted to the NIH by this core. TheAdministrative Core will also establish and maintain a secure web site in order to provide easy access for allparticipants to meeting schedules, agendas and research reports. The Administrative Core will provide theword-processing and graphic art support required for final manuscript submissions. This core will also beresponsible for page charges and other costs related to manuscript submission as well as distribution ofpreprints and reprints.
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