Administrative Core

该计划项目由四个独立的相关研究项目和三个核心组成。该核心负责监督该计划的管理需求。方案项目主任(Nelson博士)将保留一名工作人员，负责财务记录、进度报告、方案项目运作所需的内部文件以及基本的计算机硬件和软件支持。 鉴于两个分包合同(与华盛顿大学的项目2分包合同和与康奈尔大学的核心B分包合同)都不在现场，项目与核心成员与这些外部人员之间的沟通必须保持最大程度的沟通。因此，行政核心将负责促进项目间/核心沟通的电子手段，并安排半年一次的务虚会，这些务虚会将召集所有的私人投资机构讨论计划项目的进展。在佛蒙特大学，行政核心将安排每月的方案项目会议，并安排预定的内部和外部咨询委员会会议。 核心还将安排至少6次来自大学以外的国际公认科学家的研究研讨会，他们的专业知识补充了该计划项目的研究兴趣。 核心将向内部和外部咨询提供秘书和行政协助 委员会审议阶段。手稿、进度报告、预算、人员招聘以及与该计划内在的其他事项和文件有关的协助将由核心内部人员处理。 个别首席调查员对他们所领导的职能单位的科学进展负责，并负责利用所涉预算。计划项目主管将严格审查所有重大人事变动(职级变动、努力百分比、涉及人员等)、资金从本提案预算中列出的所有重大变动，以供批准或不予批准。

This Program Project consists of four individual related research projects and three cores. This core oversees the administrative needs of the program. The Program Project director (Dr. Nelson) will maintain a staff who are responsible for financial records, progress reports, internal documents necessary for the functioning of the program project, and basic computer hardware and software support. Given that two subcontracts (Project 2 Subcontract with the University of Washington and Core B Subcontract with Cornell University) are off-site, it will be crucial that communication between the projects and Core members and these external individuals be at its maximum level. Therefore, the Administrative Core will be responsible for fostering electronic means of inter-Project/Core communication and scheduling semi-annual retreats that will assemble all the Pis to discuss the progress of the Program Project. At the University of Vermont, the Administrative Core will schedule the monthly Program Project meeting as well as arrange for the scheduled Internal and External Advisory Committee meetings. The Core will also schedule at least 6 research seminars from internationally recognized scientists outside of the University, whose expertise complements the research interests of the Program Project. The Core will provide secretarial and administrative assistance to the Internal and External Advisory Committee. Manuscripts, progress reports, budgets, personnel recruitment, and assistance with other matters and documents intrinsic to the program will be handled by personnel within the Core. Individual principal investigators are responsible for the scientific progress of the functional units they direct and for utilizing the budgets involved. The Program Project Director will critically review, for approval or disapproval, all significant personnel changes (changes in rank, percent effort, persons involved, etc.), all major shifts of money from one listed in the budget of this proposal.