The INSpRE Core Vision and Mission Statements, last approved by the Advisory Board, state:
The INSpRE Core will serve the major research instrumentation needs of all UNK faculty, their collaborators, and the community in a self-sustaining financial model based solely on user-fees by acquiring, maintaining, and replacing major scientific equipment required by the faculty to sustain and grow their research endeavors.
The INSpRE Core seeks to enhance the research instrumentation capability across the UNK campus focusing on member departments’ needs for obtaining, maintaining, and replacing major scientific equipment using user-fees and external funding to enhance the scholarship of member departments’ faculty and students.
To ensure that the Core’s activities maintain alignment with this vision and mission, and the Research Division and University Strategic Plans, the Core operates using a Director & Advisory Board model.
The INSpRE Core reports directly to the Senior Research Officer (SRO). Core personnel consist of the Director (0.25 FTE) and Research Division Specialist (0.25 FTE) who are supported as needed by personnel in the Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Development, the Core Advisory Board, and Core Technical Committee.
The Core Advisory Board will work with the Core Director and the SRO to allocate funds for new equipment, anticipate fiscal needs for maintenance of existing infrastructure, and develop outreach plans for core growth. Additionally, the Core Director will maintain detailed fiscal and usage records, maintain an inventory of active core users and their projects, and manage day-to-day operations, reporting to the Core Advisory Board monthly. The Core Advisory Board consists of:
| Name, Title | Department | Role |
| Scott Darveau, INSpRE Core Director | Division of Research & Creative Activity | Chair: The Core Director will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Core, the communication of Core functions, and long-term strategic planning. |
| Annette Moser, Chair and Professor | Chemistry | CAS and Chemistry Representative, Voting member |
| Yipeng Sui, Assistant Professor | Biological Sciences | CAS and Biology Sciences Representative, Voting Member |
| Kate Heelan, Associate Chair and Professor | Kinesiology and Sport Sciences | COE and KSS Representative, Voting Member |
| Joel Berrier, Chair and Associate Professor | Physics & Astronomy | CAS and Physics Representative, Voting Member |
| Miechelle McKelvey, Professor and Chair | Communication Disorders | COE and CDIS Representative, Voting Member |
| Kim Carlson, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activity | Division of Research & Creative Activity | Ex-officio |
The Core Director will chair a Core Technical Committee dedicated to the day-to-day operations of the equipment. This committee will advise the Core Director in matters of maintenance, usage, compliance, etc. The current committee consists of:
| Name, Title | Department | Role |
| Scott Darveau, INSpRE Core Director | Division of Research & Creative Activity | Chair |
| Jeramie Ellis | Chemistry | Instrumentation Technician |
| Yipeng Sui, Assistant Professor | Biological Sciences | Biology Representative |
| Bryce Abbey, Associate Professor | Kinesiology and Sport Sciences | Radiation Technician |
| Diganta Dutta | Physics | Physics Representative |
| Robin Harding | Facilities | Hazardous Materials manager |
| Kim Carlson, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activity | Division of Research & Creative Activity | Ex-officio |
The INSpRE core is supported through funding from the Nebraska Research Initiative, Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Fund, and from its member departments: Chemistry; Biology; Communication Disorders; Kinesiology and Sports Sciences; and Physics & Astronomy.
