Administrative Core

该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行政需求。计划项目总监（纳尔逊博士）将保留一名工作人员，负责财务记录、进度报告、计划项目运行所需的内部文件以及基本计算机硬件和软件支持。 鉴于有两个分包合同（与华盛顿大学签订的项目2分包合同和与康奈尔大学签订的核心B分包合同）不在现场，因此项目与核心成员以及这些外部人员之间的沟通必须达到最高水平。因此，行政核心将负责促进项目/核心之间沟通的电子手段，并安排半年一次的务虚会，召集所有PI讨论计划项目的进展情况。在佛蒙特大学，行政核心将安排每月的项目会议，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个研究研讨会，来自大学以外的国际公认的科学家，他们的专业知识补充了计划项目的研究兴趣。 核心人员将向内部和外部咨询委员会提供秘书和行政协助。 以马克思手册、进度报告、预算、人员招聘以及与项目相关的其他事项和文件的协助将由核心人员处理。 各主要调查员负责其所领导的职能单位的科学进展，并负责使用所涉预算。计划项目总监将严格审查所有重大人事变动（级别、工作百分比、涉及人员等的变动），以决定是否批准。所有重大的资金转移，从一个在预算中列出的这一建议。

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.