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Roles
& Responsibilities - Department
The Office of Research Services (ORS) is a service organization
that seeks to provide support of research on behalf of the
Stritch School of Medicine. It is our goal to provide our
Faculty, Investigators, Administrators, and Staff with a
customer focused approach. In order to accomplish this goal
we have developed/identified the following roles and responsibilities
for managing Sponsored Research Projects:
Principal Investigator
The
principal investigator is the primary person in charge of
a research grant, cooperative agreement, training or service
project, clinical study, contract, other sponsored project
or material transfer agreement. A P.I. is a faculty member
holding an appointment in a department and/or institute.
In some sponsored projects, the P.I. may be referred to
as the project or program director.
- Responsible for the design and implementation
of all aspects of the project
- Prepares, seeks approval and responsible
for Oversight Committee Approvals for the use of human
subjects, animals, radiation safety and biosafety.
- Determines the budgetary needs of the
project
- Prepares technical reports, non-competing
continuations, interim and final progress reports
- Adheres to relevant agency, institutional,
and school guidelines
- Reviews and approves electronic Routing
Form
- Discloses Inventions
- Reviews and adheres to all terms and
conditions of award
- Oversees work-scope and authorizes payments
to consultants and subcontractors
- Authorizes all expenditures and cost
transfers
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Department Head
A school official with managerial and fiscal
responsibilities for a designated area, such as department
chair, center director, or institute director.
- Approves electronic Routing Form
- Reviews and endorses requests for P.I.
eligibility
- Compliance with regulatory support, equipment,
facilities and other resources
- Provide administrative support, equipment,
facilities and other resources
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Department Administrators
A Stritch School of Medicine employee, responsible
for providing administrative support to one or more sponsored
projects. This position may include a wide variety of roles
and position titles including, director of administration,
account manager, grants & contracts administrator, administrative
assistant, pre-award administrator, post award administrator,
account assistant, project assistant, secretary, etc.
- Obtains and reviews proposal guidelines/forms
- Coordinates and communicates with P.I.
to understand relationship between project goals and resources
- Prepares (assists with) proposal budget
and other administrative documents
- Prepares Electronic Routing Form (with
P.I. authorization)
- Assures institutional review and approval
of proposal
- Assures submission of proposal to sponsor
- Assists with regulatory compliance (human
subjects, animals, biohazards, etc.)
- When necessary, assists with sponsor
inquires & negotiation of award with ORS
- Assists in establishing accounting unit
- Assists with recruitment, appointment
and effort assignment for personnel
- Reconciles monthly expenditures
- Expedites documentation for purchases,
subcontracts, and other agreements
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