The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC) is a formal academic unit with departmentalstatus within the Division of the Biological Sciences (BSD). The Director has department chair status and sitson the Division's governing bodies. The Director has control over administrative and research space, fiscalresponsibility for the CCSG, American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (ACS-IRG), caBIGcontract with NCI, philanthropic funds raised by the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation(UCCRF), and interdepartmental/interdisciplinary grants >$500,000 annual direct costs. The Director hasauthority over UCCRC membership and appointments, direct and shared authority over shared resources,and full authority over UCCRC philanthropic activities. Under the leadership of Dr. Marcy List, AssociateDirector for Administration, the UCCRC is responsible for managing all of these activities as they relate toboth the administrative needs of the UCCRC, and the research operations of the 198 UCCRC investigators.The UCCRC administrative unit is subdivided into seven subunits: Finances and Human Resources*,Informatics, Grant and Program Development, Clinical TrialsA, Fundraising*, Communications*, and theCancer Resource Center* (* indicates no CCSG funds requested; A described in Section 9.1.13). TheFinancial Unit (Director for Finance plus 2 additional FTE's) is responsible for all pre- and post-awardactivities for over $5.5 million (annual direct costs) in federal and non-federal grants and contracts, and $9.3million in philanthropic funds, and the allocation of UCCRC funds through RFA's. At present, the officemanages a SPORE grant, a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society SCOR, the CCSG, the ACS-IRG, caBIGcontract, and numerous foundation accounts. The Informatics Unit (Director for Informatics plus 5 additionalFTE's) is responsible for all informatics and database support for UCCRC administrative units, the CCTOand UCCRC investigators as well as coordinating UCCRC IT activities with those of the BSD and Universityof Chicago Medical Center, and supporting the UCCRC Website. Four FTE's are responsible for Grant andProgram Development Support, which includes all non-financial pre- and post-award support for largecancer-related grants (in the past 3 years, this group has been responsible for the submission of the CCSG,ACS-IRG, 4 SPORE applications, 2 SCOR applications, and 1 Tumor Microenvironment Networkapplication); coordination of program and overall UCCRC development, planning and evaluation activities;and coordination of activities related to membership and recruitment. These activities represent a significantexpansion of UCCRC responsibilities, with a parallel increase in staff.
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