The Office of Research Administration (ORA), previously called Grants & Contracts, is responsible for supporting investigators and administrators in the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing by managing externally sponsored research projects through the pre-award process.

 

ORA processes approximately 4,000 applications per year for the two schools for federal, commercial, foundation, and specialty society funding. The Office provides training to investigators and administrative staff on pre-award processes and is available to provide customized consultative services to investigators and research administrators.

 

The Mission of ORA is to advance extramural research programs and improve the efficiency of the Duke Medical Center research community in procuring and managing research funding.

 

 

The Vision of ORA is to strive to be a model research administration program.  Our goal is to provide outstanding administrative, informational, systems, and logistical support to the Duke Medical Center research community and to ensure compliance with policies and regulations of the institution, sponsors, and federal oversight agencies.

 

 

The Values of ORA are: Customer Service, Responsiveness, Communication, Fairness, Respect, Confidentiality, Teamwork, Professionalism, and Helpfulness