Look Up, Email, or Call your RO Partners
Every BMC department and division engaging in sponsored program activity is assigned three Research Operations (RO) points of contact to meet pre-award and post-award administrative needs, awards finance, and clinical research (CR) finance,* respectively. Click the following link to download a two-tabbed document , corresponding to the assignments and to an RO-wide directory of contact information.
Portfolio Assignment and Directory
*Please note: CR finance ranges across both negotiated industry trials and sponsor awards that include one or more protocol-specified clinical services, ranging from tissue sampling through major surgery. For those awards, the Clinical Trial Office collaborates with their pre- and post-award colleagues.
What RO functional area should you contact and when?
If your need is for general RO teams contact, please use the links below to send a general email query. For specific individuals, please consult the portfolio assignment and directory, above.
Sponsored Programs Administration, for all proposal submission, subawards, and post-award needs exclusive of finances:
- all grant and contract proposals that are not industry projects
- all award-related tasks, exclusive of industry trials and financial management
Sponsored Programs Finance, for all:
- award finances, including equipment management and effort reporting
- finance-related compliance (audit, indirect costs, equipment management, effort)
Clinical Trial Office when:
- an industry sponsor seeks to activate a clinical trial protocol at a BMC or Boston University site
- a BMC grant proposal involves one or more clinical services, for pre-submission budget considerations, including coverage analysis, and for continuing support related to billing and clinical charge finances.
Clinical Research Network, when you seek:
- specific temporary or part-time services (e.g., regulatory, finance) to start up, maintain, or close out your SP
- support on community and/or sponsor engagement and/or participant partnership,