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The following offices provide advice, assistance and approval with regard to the numerous research activities taking place on both campuses. Click here for a full list of these activities.
Charles River Campus (CRC)
The Charles River Campus of BU includes the 16 schools and colleges that are located along the banks of the Charles River and adjacent to the historic Back Bay district of Boston.
The Charles River Campus Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) provides proposal development and pre- and post-award administrative support and oversight for all research grants, contracts and funding agreements for the schools and colleges of the Charles River Campus.
The Charles River Campus Office of Grant and Contract Accounting provides post award financial management of sponsored research awards to the University community in the areas of cash management, financial reporting, account set up, transaction processing, coordinating audits, and award close out. The Office of Grant and Contract Accounting is committed to facilitating financial compliance with all university and sponsor regulations.
Boston University Medical Center (BUMC)
Boston University Medical Center is located in the South End of Boston. For more background information on Boston University Medical Center, click here.
Boston University Medical Center includes:
- Boston University Medical Campus
The Boston University Medical Campus includes the School of Medicine, the School of Dental Medicine, and the School of Public Health.
The Boston University Medical Campus Office of Research Administration (ORA)provides proposal development and pre- and post-award research administration support and oversight for:
- all research grants, contracts, and funding agreements for Boston University Medical Campus (Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Public Health) except when research is conducted in BMC space; and
- all industry-sponsored clinical research, whether at BMC or on the Medical Campus
- Boston Medical Center (BMC)
BMC is a Massachusetts-licensed hospital corporation and major teaching hospital organized and operated independently, but in affiliation with, Boston University Medical Campus. The BU Medical Campus faculty members may hold staff appointments at BMC and may conduct research in BMC’s research space.
The BMC Office of Grants Administration provides pre- and post-award research administration support and oversight for all research grants, contracts, and funding agreements for research conducted in BMC space that is not sponsored by industry. Industry-sponsored clinical research is handled through the BUMC Office of Research Administration (ORA).
For more information on specific steps in the life of a sponsored research project, click on the buttons below for the respective offices described above:
Research Administration Support Activities
- Assisting investigators with researching potential funding sources;
- Counseling investigators and administrative staff regarding sponsored funding opportunities, proposal preparation, and interpretation of guidelines, policies, and regulations;
- Negotiating/mediating with funding agencies and subcontractors to reach agreements satisfactory to all involved parties;
- Approving and amending proposals to comply with institutional and sponsor policies, to verify resource commitments, budget accuracy, and faculty appointments;
- Reviewing final award documents and revisions to existing awards, to assure that agreements conform to the negotiated contracts;
- Maintaining reference books and brochures describing sponsor organizations and their guidelines;
- Maintaining pre- and post-award documentation/files, providing management information regarding pending and awarded grants and contracts, as well as federal and administrative policy changes;
- Administering institutional resources and arranging for selection of applicants when the sponsor limits the number of participants;
- Maintaining the accounting, budgeting, and allocation of monies after award is made;
- Filing financial reports with funding agency; and
- Ensuring that monies are spent in accordance with agency regulations.
More background about Boston University Medical Center:
Boston University Medical Campus also shares clinical departments with Boston Medical Center. Boston University is not licensed to provide medical services and does not own or operate a hospital. Rather, Boston University Medical Campus is closely affiliated with and physically joined with the principal teaching hospital for the School, Boston Medical Center. At the Medical Campus, Boston University does operate a licensed dental clinic through the School of Dental Medicine, and various licensed clinical testing laboratories.
The Medical Campus clinical faculty members typically provide care to patients of BMC and to patients of the faculty practices conducted under BUMC’s umbrella non-profit Faculty Practice Foundation. BUMC clinical faculty members also supervise medical students and residents-in-training in these practices and at BMC.
The clinical academic departments of BUMC are chaired by individuals who serve simultaneously as chiefs of the various clinical services at BMC. BU Medical Campus faculty members in these clinical departments who are physicians, for the most part, hold clinical staff appointments at BMC and may conduct research in BMC’s research space.
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