The pre-award team supports faculty with:

• Identification of funding opportunities
• Grant submissions and initiations of clinical trials
• Budget and proposal development
• Just in Time (JIT) submissions (NIH)
• Negotiation and execution of research/clinical trials agreements
• Project account set up and chartstring
• Set up of subawards
• Research progress reports (RPPRs), IP/patent reports
• Award modifications/amendments; Subaward modifications/amendments
• Continuations (competitive and noncompeting)
• No cost extensions
• Rebudget approvals
• Award transfers
• Close out technical/final invention reports
• Effort reporting
• Education on pre-award processes, grant/clinical trial submission procedures, and research related policies and regulations

Research Administration works closely with the Department of Pediatrics post-award team, who support faculty with financial management of awards and trials:

• Allocation/processing salary distributions
• Cost transfers
• Project account monitoring/review of grant expenditures/reconciliations
• Quarterly attestations
• Subaward account monitoring
• Payment of subaward invoices
• Patient care invoicing
• Close out of awards and subawards
• Effort reporting

The clinical research support team supports faculty with:

• Writing, review and approval of human subjects research protocols
• Identification of clinical trials participation opportunities
• Support with initiation and implementation of externally-sponsored clinical trials
• Quality Assurance Monitoring for Sponsor-Investigator Investigational New Drug (IND)/Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) trials and other high risk clinical trials