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Our Mission
The mission of the Office of Research Administration (ORA) is to provide exceptional support for IU's research community in order to catalyze research productivity and protect the institution and its research community from risk.
ORA accomplishes this mission by minimizing the impediments to research activity, promoting research conduct that meets the highest standards of ethical integrity, and ensuring that research activity is compliant with all local, state, and federal regulations.
Our Organization
The Office of Research Administration provides IU's research community with the following services:
Research Ethics, Policy, and Education
- Responsible Conduct of Research Education
- Research Policy Coordination
- Compliance Education
Sponsored Project Administration Services
- Grants and Contracts Support Services
- Sponsored Project Cash Management
- Sponsored Project Compliance Oversight
- Clinical Trials Services
- Sponsored Project Analysis and Reporting
Compliance Services
- Human Subject Protections
- Animal Use Compliance
- Radiation Safety
- Biological Safety
- Chemical Safety
- Clinical Trial Billing Compliance
- Privacy Act (HIPAA) Compliance
- Export Control Compliance
- Research Conflict of Interest
Research Systems and Decision Support*
- Kuali Research Administration
- Decision Support
- Internal Systems
- COEUS IRB System
*OVPRA works in a collaborative partnership with UITS to provide these services to the IU research community.
Senior Leadership
Dr. Ora H. Pescovitz - Vice President for Research Administration
Steven A. Martin - Associate Vice President for Research Administration
John W. Talbott - Assistant Vice President for Research Administration, IUPUI
James Becker - Executive Director of Grants Administration
James Engel - Director of Administration and Finance
Marcia Gonzales - Executive Director of Research Compliance Services, IUPUI
Lora O'Connor - Executive Director of Research Systems
Eric Swank - Executive Director of Research Compliance Services, IUB
Advisory Committees
Compliance Committees
- Institutional Review Board (IRB)
- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
- Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBC)
- Conflict of Interest Committee
- Research Misconduct
- Radiation Safety Committee
