{"id":1046,"date":"2011-12-08T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=1046"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:36:09","slug":"research-administration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/faculty-staff\/administrative-directory\/research-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Research Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ControlZone ControlZone--clean r_DTWsp_y298L\" data-automation-id=\"CanvasControl\" id=\"f97c1970-34b0-48cb-bdfb-ceb1ee2e0471\">\n<div class=\"ControlZone--control\">\n<div data-sp-feature-tag=\"Rich Text Editor\" class=\"rte-webpart rte--ck5 rte--read-ck5 rte--paragraphSpacing LightMode uniformSpacingForElements rte--headingSpacing rte--list-rtl css-200\" data-sp-feature-instance-id=\"f97c1970-34b0-48cb-bdfb-ceb1ee2e0471\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div data-automation-id=\"textBox\" class=\"ck-content rteEmphasis root-199 css-164 fixFocusIndicator\">\n<div class=\"anchor-h2\">\n<h2 class=\"headingSpacingAbove headingSpacingBelow\" id=\"welcome-to-cas-office-of-research-administration!\"><span class=\"fontColorRedDark\">Welcome to CAS Office of Research Administration!<\/span><span class=\"a_6XoDB_A4j40\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"a_6XoDB_A4j40 f_5euva_A4j40 focusBorder-167\" role=\"link\" title=\"Permalink for Welcome to CAS Office of Research Administration!\" data-sp-anchor-id=\"welcome-to-cas-office-of-research-administration!\" href=\"https:\/\/bushare.sharepoint.com\/sites\/CAS-Office-of-Research-Administration\/SitePages\/Home.aspx?e=fNR3il#welcome-to-cas-office-of-research-administration!\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"a_x95XR_A4j40 f__ui_p_A4j40 css-166\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove spacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"withSpacing\"><i>Our mission is to support and advance research and scholarly activities within the College of Arts &amp; Sciences.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"background-color: #e31936;\" class=\"button-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/bushare.sharepoint.com\/sites\/CAS-Office-of-Research-Administration\/SitePages\/Home.aspx?e=fNR3il\">Visit the Research Administration SharePoint<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What are the main functions of Research Administration?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage and promote research opportunities and scholarly activities in all the Arts &amp; Sciences disciplines<\/li>\n<li>Approve and facilitate sponsored research proposals and agreements<\/li>\n<li>Address cost-sharing or other University costs associated with research proposals<\/li>\n<li>Develop and apply policies related to the conduct of sponsored research<\/li>\n<li>Help to coordinate the development of research laboratories, infrastructure, instrumentation, and computational resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why would I contact Research Administration?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I have questions about preparing and submitting a research proposal.<\/li>\n<li>I am unsure about University policies regarding PI status, cost sharing, indirect costs, Conflict of Interest, Export Control compliance, or regulatory issues.<\/li>\n<li>What sources of support might there be for my project, and how would I learn about them?<\/li>\n<li>I have an idea for a cross-cutting project and would like to discuss and explore collaboration opportunities across BU or more broadly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Detailed information about CAS policy on principal investigator (PI) status, grant processing deadlines, grant cost-sharing guidelines, faculty and senior lecturer conference travel funds, and <em>Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) department assignments<\/em> is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/faculty-staff\/faculty-staff-handbook\/research\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>How to Contact Research Administration<\/h3>\n<p>The address for forwarding grant proposals and materials related to grants and research is the Office of the Research Administration, CAS 102. Electronic materials should be sent to <a href=\"mailto:casgrant@bu.edu\">casgrant@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Kathleen Shannon, Director of Research Administration<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kathshan@bu.edu\">kathshan@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"outlook-search-highlight\">Ana<\/span> <span data-markjs=\"true\" class=\"outlook-search-highlight\">Rodriguez<\/span>, Research Administration Specialist<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"arodrig6@bu.edu\">arodrig6@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(617) 358-5264<\/p>\n<p>For questions and discussion related to <b>research proposals and other matters related to research<\/b>, contact the\u00a0appropriate divisional associate dean of the faculty as determined by the subject matter of your proposal, which may be different from the administrative classification of your department:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Pete Buston, Associate Dean of the Faculty\/Natural Sciences<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:buston@bu.edu\">buston@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(617) 358-5412<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Arianne Chernock, Associate Dean of the Faculty\/Social Sciences<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:chernock@bu.edu\"><span class=\"phone\">chernock@bu.edu<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span class=\"phone\">(617) 358-6218<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Barton Lipman, Associate Dean of the Faculty\/Mathematical &amp; Computational Sciences<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:blipman@bu.edu\">blipman@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(617) 353-2995<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Anita Patterson, Interim Associate Dean of the Faculty\/Humanities<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:aytseng@bu.edu\"><span class=\"phone\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"mailto:apatters@bu.edu\">apatters@bu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n(617) 358-2534<\/p>\n<p><strong>For information about applying for grants visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/faculty-staff\/faculty-staff-handbook\/research\/\">Research<\/a>\u00a0section of the CAS Faculty &amp; Staff Handbook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For questions and discussion on <b>proposals related to pedagogy and curriculum<\/b>, regardless of the discipline, contact Joe Bizup (<a href=\"mailto:jbizup@bu.edu\">jbizup@bu.edu<\/a>) for undergraduate education or Malika Jeffries-EL (<a href=\"mailto:malikaj@bu.edu\">malikaj@bu.edu<\/a><a href=\"mailto:eabarman@bu.edu\"><\/a>) for graduate education.<\/p>\n<p>For matters related to <b>conference travel support<\/b>, contact Richard Wright (<a href=\"mailto:rwright@bu.edu\">rwright@bu.edu<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For matters related to <strong>finding support<\/strong>, regardless of discipline or subject matter, contact Faculty Actions (617-353-2411).<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"block_list\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to CAS Office of Research Administration! 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