UC Davis Health
School of Medicine
Office of Research

Research Administration

We provide pre-award support to School of Medicine departments and centers and serve as a resource for research administrators.

Members of the Research Administration Team.

Research Administration

The Research Administration unit provides pre-award support to School of Medicine departments and centers, assistance with interpreting contracts, grants policies and general research administration support. The unit will also serve as a resource for UC Davis School of Medicine research administrators.

Request for Research Administration services via email at: somra@ucdavis.edu

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    Pre-Award Services

    Our Pre-Award service delivers comprehensive support, acting as dedicated concierges for faculty members and departments/units.

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    Research Administration Training Program

    We are developing a research administration training program to create a school-wide certificate training program for all School of Medicine research administrators and staff.

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    Research Administrators Meeting

    The unit hosts a quarterly meeting to serve as a platform for networking among research administrators, providing an open forum to discuss the latest issues and best practices in the field.

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    Research Administration Virtual Office Hours

    Research administrators, bring your Pre- and Post- Award questions to our team of subject matter experts from the School of Medicine Office of Research (SOMOR) Research Administration Unit and the School of Medicine Finance Operations and Administration (FOA) team. Information about office hours (PDF).

    Examples of office hour questions:

    • Reviewing an RFA
    • Budget questions
    • Institutional forms or requirements
    • Reporting requirements
    • Aggie Enterprise processes
    • Research administration in clinical trials
    • Policy interpretation

Collaborators

The Research Administration unit has many great partners across departments and Centers in the School of Medicine and UC Davis main campus including but not limited to: