Office of Research Administration
Welcome to the CEHD Office of Research Administration (ORA)
Originally created in January 2017, the CEHD ORA offers a wide range of pre-award and post-award support services including:
- the review and analysis of funding opportunities and solicitation requirements
- proposal budget development
- budget justifications
- current & pending support
- internal and external proposal processing and submissions
- new award meetings
- compliance with federal, state, university and sponsor regulations and requirements
- effort management
- cost sharing
- post award transaction processing
- summer salary
- budget analysis, management, projections and revisions
- subaward management
- monthly reconciliations
- no-cost extensions
- sponsor required financial reporting
- closeouts
- pre-audit review and approval of sponsored research expenditures
- audits
News & Updates
New Internal Deadline Policy for Proposal Submission (effective 10/1/20)
New F&A Rates for FY 2021 - 2023 (effective 12/15/2020; supersedes agreement dated 6/24/20)
Mason Finance Gateway – Grant Funded Travel & Expense Reimbursements (September 2021)
Proposals and Awards Updates (Feb 2022)
New Proposal Submission Process (June 2022)
New Proposal Assistance Request (PAR) system (July 2022)
New Research Administration Management Portal (RAMP) (July 2022)