Our Mission

Research Administration and Finance supports the University’s education and research missions by providing the administrative infrastructure for faculty to pursue extramurally-funded research. In order to achieve this mission, Research Administration and Finance represents the interests of the faculty and University in discussions with University decision-makers, oversees an umbrella of policies aimed at ensuring best-practices in research administration, provides guidance to researchers on emerging issues, and maintains the infrastructure necessary for a world-class educational and research organization.

Decision-making – policy development and implementation

• Represent research interest in discussions with University decision-makers.
• Advise faculty and University decision-makers on emerging issues that impact research.
• Develop and implement University policies related to research to ensure that the interests of both faculty and the University are protected.

Infrastructure – ensuring systems exist to support research

• Maintain systems designed to encourage, support, and manage extramurally-funded research:
  • A people system focused on supporting faculty from proposal development, through proposal submission and acceptance, and finally to grants management and close-out.
  • Use of technology to support grant life-cycle, enhance decision-making with data analysis, and minimize people-to-system or system-to-system overlaps.
• Maintain an animal facility (CLAC) and an Animal Care Committee that supports the basic science and translational science initiatives of the University.

Communication and partnership – ensuring the success of our research environment

• Create culture of support and teamwork through training and teamwork.
• Advising faculty and the University on emerging issues in research administration.
• Maintaining a research administration infrastructure designed to help faculty and staff comply with federal and state regulations and legislation and University policies.