Administrative Core: Summary The IPR Administrative Core has two main goals: (i) to provide essential support to the Development Core; (ii) to maintain infrastructure that is crucial to IPR's day-to-day functioning. The Core is designed to accomplish its two goals with a minimum of staffing and related expenses, thereby freeing maximum resources for more direct investment in population science research. The Core is directed by IPR Director Casterline and has two full-time staff members (Office Manager and Grants Manager), one part-time staff member (Research Scientist), one GRA, and one or two undergraduate assistants. Support for the Development Core includes management of the large IPR Seed Grant Program and management of the new Rapid Response Grants and Generative Workshops. Additionally, the Administrative Core provides all administrative services for the IPR speaker series (weekly seminar, annual lecture), the Grant-Writing Workshop, and the set of workshops under the new initiative Transparent and Reproducible Research in Team Science. Further, the Grants Manager is available to assist with development of external awards for population science research. Apart from direct support to the Development Core, the Administrative Core: maintains the IPR Information System; produces progress reports; assists in dissemination of research findings; communicates with IPR affiliates and the wider OSU community; and manages IPR's 7325-square-feet suite of offices. Finally, the Administrative Core is responsible for assisting IPR affiliates with compliance with research regulations. This core is crucial to the success of IPR as an interdisciplinary population science research center – virtually all IPR's efforts to nurture population science research at Ohio State University rest on an administrative foundation. The interdisciplinary character of IPR makes certain administrative functions especially important: the IPR Seed Grant Program and the new program of Rapid Response Grants must be widely publicized and conducted in a manner that is regarded as open and fair; events such as the IPR Seminar must be communicated effectively across campus; those persons pursuing population science research at OSU must be aware of the availability of IPR services; and regular activities, such as the IPR Seminar and workshops under the new Transparent and Reproducible Research in Team Science, must be well-managed so that participants feel engagement with IPR is a good use of their time. In addition, thorough and rigorously- structured documentation of IPR activities and accomplishments via the IPR Information System is essential for presenting IPR to others (e.g. annual reports) and conducting ongoing evaluation. Going forward, the main impetus for growth and elaboration of this core will be the three new initiatives under the Development Core. Furthermore, with confidence it can be assumed that procedures for accomplishing routine administrative tasks will inexorably evolve over the five-year award period.

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