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I have been asked by several PIs to use institutional CORE subsidies towards
cost-share requirements in their grant applications. For instance, we have a
lab manager's salary that is fully subsidized by the VPR's office and so the
salary cost is not passed on to the internal users of the lab. A user of the
lab wants to include this subsidy as cost share. Can institutional CORE
subsidies be counted as cost share on federal grants?

We have had a centralized model in the ICBR here at the University of Florida
for many years.  Quite beneficial in several ways:

1. Standardization of all business practices
2. Eliminates redundancies in administrative support
3. Centralization of IT resources
4. Facilitates effective execution of "cross-core" projects like RNASeq which
start sin Flow Cytometry into Genomics and Bioinformatics.
5. Single reporting line of for decision making

Happy to talk further.

Steve

Steven J. Madore, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Science
UF ICBR
2033 Mowry Road, Gainesville, FL 32610
Biotech.ufl.edu | Tel: 352.273.8038| Fax: 352.273.8070


Associate Director of Shared Resources
UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
2033 Mowry Road, Suite 145, Gainesville, FL 32610
http://cancer.ufl.edu/  | Tel: 352-273-8010

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Hi All,

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is working on re-evaluating our core
facilities governance structure.  We are looking to shift from a
semi-decentralized model (cores are "owned" by a department that provides
administrative support through their business office, and is ultimately
responsible for any budget shortfall;  The Office of Research provides support
through funding opportunities and advises departments on business practices) to
a more centralized model (Office of Research has direct oversight and supports
operations directly, i.e., a central core facilities office that funds,
manages, and provides administrative services).  This is in response to the
University's funding scheme switching to a Budget Allocation Model from a base
incremental budget, with our colleges being supportive of cores remaining
central.

Since this is a departure from how I've previously operated, I was hoping to
reach out to the group to see if anyone has experience with the centralized
model (as described above), and if so, if you might be willing to chat about
your experience.
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UMASS Medical has been centralized for 15 years... we have 47 Cores and run
$25M through it yearly.  The model has worked very well for us.   We have
multiple funding sources for subsidies based on the type of Cores, but they are
all operationally managed by our central office under the heading of Office of
Research.    Our weblink is as follows:

https://www.umassmed.edu/research/cores/


Susanna Perkins
Director, Research Cores & Operations
Research Core Administration, S2-106
Tel: (508) 856-8255
Fax: (508) 856-2303
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Subject: [core administrators network forum] Question about Core Governance

Hi All,

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is working on re-evaluating our core
facilities governance structure.  We are looking to shift from a
semi-decentralized model (cores are "owned" by a department that provides
administrative support through their business office, and is ultimately
responsible for any budget shortfall;  The Office of Research provides support
through funding opportunities and advises departments on business practices) to
a more centralized model (Office of Research has direct oversight and supports
operations directly, i.e., a central core facilities office that funds,
manages, and provides administrative services).  This is in response to the
University's funding scheme switching to a Budget Allocation Model from a base
incremental budget, with our colleges being supportive of cores remaining
central.

Since this is a departure from how I've previously operated, I was hoping to
reach out to the group to see if anyone has experience with the centralized
model (as described above), and if so, if you might be willing to chat about
your experience.
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CCHMC did this transition about six years ago and lived through it.
Life is so much better on this side :)
Happy to chat

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Hi All,

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is working on re-evaluating our core
facilities governance structure.  We are looking to shift from a
semi-decentralized model (cores are "owned" by a department that provides
administrative support through their business office, and is ultimately
responsible for any budget shortfall;  The Office of Research provides support
through funding opportunities and advises departments on business practices) to
a more centralized model (Office of Research has direct oversight and supports
operations directly, i.e., a central core facilities office that funds,
manages, and provides administrative services).  This is in response to the
University's funding scheme switching to a Budget Allocation Model from a base
incremental budget, with our colleges being supportive of cores remaining
central.

Since this is a departure from how I've previously operated, I was hoping to
reach out to the group to see if anyone has experience with the centralized
model (as described above), and if so, if you might be willing to chat about
your experience.
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Hi All,

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is working on re-evaluating our core
facilities governance structure.  We are looking to shift from a
semi-decentralized model (cores are "owned" by a department that provides
administrative support through their business office, and is ultimately
responsible for any budget shortfall;  The Office of Research provides support
through funding opportunities and advises departments on business practices) to
a more centralized model (Office of Research has direct oversight and supports
operations directly, i.e., a central core facilities office that funds,
manages, and provides administrative services).  This is in response to the
University's funding scheme switching to a Budget Allocation Model from a base
incremental budget, with our colleges being supportive of cores remaining
central.

Since this is a departure from how I've previously operated, I was hoping to
reach out to the group to see if anyone has experience with the centralized
model (as described above), and if so, if you might be willing to chat about
your experience.

The Committee for Core Rigor and Reproducibility (CCoRRe) is seeking to add new
members to join in our mission to promote resources for the ABRF membership in
achieving accurate and reproducible results in their shared resource
facilities.  This is a great opportunity for an interested ABRF members to work
with a dynamic team and make valuable contributions to the advancement of
better science.  You can learn more about CCoRRe below, or by visiting our
webpage: https://www.abrf.org/core-rigor-and-reproductibility-ccore-
If you are an ABRF member in good standing and interested in joining CCoRRe,
please send CV and a letter of intent that outlines your interest and ideas
related to the role of cores and/or ABRF in advancing rigorous and reproducible
science, to Susan Meyn at <email obscured><email obscured>>.
Thank you!
The Committee for Core Rigor and Reproducibility (CCoRRe):
Katia Sol Church, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Rebecca Davies, University of Minnesota
Chris Gregory, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Adrian Halme, University of Virginia
Kevin Knudtson, University of Iowa (EB liaison)
Susan Meyn, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Chair)
Sheenah Mische, NYU Langone Medical Center
Frances Weis-Garcia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center



About CCoRRE:
The mission of the ABRF Committee on Core Rigor and Reproducibility (CCoRRe) is
to enable rigorous and reproducible research through support of shared
scientific resources in advancing technology, education and communication. Core
facilities support a significant portion of the research conducted at
biomolecular research institutions, thus playing a critical role in achieving
efficient use of research funds and broadening access to advanced skills,
expertise and technologies. Shared scientific research resources generate the
majority of research data at many institutions, so their role in maintaining
necessary expertise and generating high quality data is considerable. CCoRRe
efforts are focused on building educational resources, sharing critical best
practice guidelines, and providing important tools to the core community that
will impact rigor, reproducibility and transparency across the range of science
and technology.
New members of CCoRRe will contribute to broadening our scope beyond NIH-driven
considerations, and developing resources that will support the ABRF community
in pursuing and advocating for rigor, reproducibility and transparency in all
areas of scientific endeavor.  CCoRRe plans for 2021 include:

  *   Develop an improved website (currently
https://abrf.org/committee/committee-core-rigor-and-reproducibility-ccorre)
with educational links and best-practice protocols that can be applied across
ABRF members’ scientific disciplines.
  *   Identify opportunities for outreach and partnership with other
professional societies and scientific journals, to enable and sustain
partnerships that advance our mission.
  *   Conduct a follow up to the Survey on Scientific Shared Resource Rigor and
Reproducibility conducted by CCoRRe and reported out during 2018.  The aim of
this project is to learn how the knowledge, understanding and implementation of
RR&T principles has changed in the last 3 years.  To ensure best points of
comparison, the original survey questions will not be changed, but we will add
a few new questions that focus on challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We plan to analyze and publish a report on our findings during 2021.
  *   Continue to work with ABRF Core MarketPlace (CMP) to expand use of CMP
with integrated Research Resource Identification (RRID), and to advance a
working group approach to guide the overall project activities.

Hello all,
    I'm curious how many of you send out user satisfaction surveys for your
cores, and if so, how often? What questions do you ask? What about cores that
are not project oriented, such as Imaging cores? We aren't happy with our
current annual survey system, and would like to transition to a more frequent
but shorter survey. We also have a wide range of cores in our area, that will
likely require somewhat different approaches.
   Thanks,
       Natasha

Natasha Nikolaidis
She/Her/Hers
Associate Director of Operations, Bindley Bioscience Center

Bindley Bioscience Center, 1203 West State St, West Lafayette, IN 47907
o: 765-494-5997   m: 765-491-8524

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Hi Everyone,

We are just shy of 250 responses.  We are hoping to surpass this.  Please share
this survey with your core facilities at your own Institution.  I look forward
to sharing out the data with you.

Best,
Nicole

Hi All,

Posting this on behalf of the University of Tennessee Electron Microscopy core.
Please pass the posting along if you know of anyone:

https://ut.taleo.net/careersection/ut_system/jobdetail.ftl?job=210000004G&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FNew_York

Hi All,

I have a question about software purchases on recharge accounts. The scenario I
am looking at is the purchase of a new software perpetual license that is well
over $5,000. Let's say $25-50K range. The software supports existing product
lines, but is new to the core. Software is expected to be in use for quite some
time (years).

If this were a piece of equipment , the core clearly could not purchase on
recharge. However, if institution purchased, the core could depreciate and
incorporate the depreciation cost into rates.

For NU, there is not an equivalent to "Capital Software."

Could the core just purchase even though software would support project in
fiscal years beyond the purchase? Has anyone ever depreciated software?

In did not see anything in the NIH FAQ's on this.

Andy


Andrew Ott (he/him/his)

Director of Core Facilities Adminsitration
Office for Research
Northwestern University
633 Clark Street
Evanston, IL 60208-3113

ph: 847-467-1622
ph: 847-491-3032
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