The Office for Research

Animal Care works closely with the Rutgers Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees to provide the highest quality animal care and veterinary oversight of our research animals in support of a shared commitment to humane animal research.

The Corporate Engagement Center offers a “one-stop shop” for members of the Rutgers community at all locations looking to forge partnerships with businesses and for companies seeking all the opportunities Rutgers has to offer.

Encompassing business administration, human resources, information technology, research data integrity, and marketing, communications, and public relations, the Finance and Operations team is the backbone of the Office for Research. 

Grand and Contract Accounting performs central financial accounting for sponsored research, and provides postaward administration support services for the university’s sponsored programs and other restricted funds, including the coordination of effort certification processes.

The research commercialization arm of the office, Innovation Ventures aims to partner with the Rutgers community to encourage deliberate innovation, protect and leverage Rutgers intellectual property, foster collaboration with industry, and enable entrepreneurship.

The Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC) is the university’s centralized research computing and data science resource, providing Rutgers researchers with essential computing, networking, storage, and data-handling capabilities. Reporting to both Rutgers IT and the Office for Research, OARC also provides students with necessary exposure and training through centralized resources, services, and education.

The Research and Sponsored Programs team provides a range of services to faculty and staff seeking funding from public and private not-for-profit sponsors, navigating through the proposal review, submission and award setup process, issuing subawards, and providing educational programs for faculty and staff. 

Research Regulatory Affairs helps research faculty, administrators and staff comply with local, state and national laws and regulations, and promotes the responsible conduct of research and the integrity of the scientific record through education, training and certification. 

RUBRIC bridges the gap between basic and interdisciplinary pre-clinical research for Rutgers faculty. Professional staff help faculty create translational data for more competitive biomedical grant submissions, and increase collaboration with the private sector.

Sponsored Research Agreements supports the research community with professional contracts management services that establish and strengthen strategic alliances with Rutgers research sponsors. The team reviews, drafts and negotiates all  research-related material transfer agreements, data use agreements, nondisclosure agreements (NDAs, CDAs), and all research contracts.

The Core Facilities team supports, builds and coordinates universitywide specialized laboratories which offer state-of-the-art equipment, unique instrumentation and shared services managed by scientists with the technical expertise and experience to help other researchers at Rutgers and beyond.