Our Mission
The VCU School of Medicine’s Office of Research Administration provides leadership and expertise in developing and maintaining effective administrative and financial management infrastructure in support of research within the School by working as a strategic partner with faculty, departments, university, and health system offices.
How We Can Help
The Office of Research Administration partners with School of Medicine departments, centers and institutes to establish efficient and effective administrative operations
The Office of Research Administration (SOMRA) partners with faculty, departments, university, and health system offices to ensure sound administrative and financial management of research. SOMRA provides oversight for the financial and administrative management of research conducted in SOM departments, centers, and institutes. The office develops and maintains school-level standard operating procedures and expectations and provides training to facilitate compliance with Federal, State, University and sponsor policies. SOMRA provides central teams to support clinical research administrative activation and financial management, as well as partners with departments, centers, and institutes to provide pre and post award research administration and business operations support services.
Learn more about:
Systems, Links and Resources
- Obtaining Review and Signature in the SOM Office of Research Administration
- SOM Research Administration Standard Operating Procedures
- Guide for New Research Administrators
- Frequently Used Forms
- Using the Research Dashboard
- Sign up for trainings and meetings (search “Medicine” as sponsor)
- Department Guidance for Submitting Fixed Price Closeouts
- SOM Evaluation of Fixed Price Closeout Requests
- Office of Sponsored Programs
- Grants and Contract Accounting
- Effort Reporting
- Office of Postdoctoral Services
- VCU Innovation Gateway
- VCU Policy Library – Research
- VCU Research Compliance Matrix
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Research at Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Contacts
The School of Medicine Office of Research Administration is located in Sanger Hall, suite 1-043, and in the VCU Health Sciences Annex, 1st Floor.
Need guidance on obtaining review and signature from the SOM Office of Research Administration? Review our guide to gathering signatures.
- Questions related to pre- and post-award research administration: SOMRESADMIN@vcuhealth.org
- Questions related to clinical research administration: SOMCT@vcuhealth.org