Research at UMB is a shared endeavor built on collaboration, expertise, and a commitment to impact. Together, these offices and centers form the infrastructure that turns ideas into action, supporting research from early concept through real-world impact. Explore our offices and centers to learn how we support research and how you can engage.
UMB’s research offices guide investigators across the full research lifecycle, providing expertise in funding, compliance, safety, administration, innovation, and partnership development.
Each office plays a distinct role while working together to deliver coordinated, investigator-focused support.
UMB’s research centers and institutes bring together faculty, staff, and partners from across disciplines to address complex challenges in health, science, and society.
These entities serve as hubs for collaboration, training, and translational research.
UMB’s Office of Research and Development is actively engaged with faculty, administrators, business and industry, private and public organizations, peer academic institutions, and the local and global community.
Research administration supports the project team by ensuring sponsor and regulatory requirements are met throughout the life of a project.
A Unit of ORD
SPA oversees proposal routing and submission, issues subawards, and approves certain post-award transactions, including changes to projects and budgets.
A Unit of ORD
CCT supports industry-sponsored research and clinical trials by negotiating contracts, reviewing clinical study budgets, and managing agreements with for-profit sponsors.
A Unit of ORD
Technology Transfer helps UMB researchers protect, manage, and commercialize intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, and licenses.
A Unit of OAC
SPAC supports sponsored research through financial systems oversight, sponsor payments, and audit management.
Regulatory offices provide oversight and support to ensure research is conducted safely, ethically, and in compliance with applicable regulations.
A Division of Administration and Finance
EHS supports UMB’s research enterprise by protecting laboratory workers, the environment, and the community, while also protecting the integrity of experimental materials.
OAC provides research compliance oversight, education, and investigative services, including support for human and animal research protections, research integrity, and conflict of interest requirements.
A Unit of OAC
COI manages financial conflicts of interest in research. Disclosure of certain financial interests is required before engaging in specific professional activities.
A Unit of OAC
HRP provides protections for all human research participants.
A Unit of OAC
OAWA provides regulatory oversight for the UMB Animal Care and Use Program and supports the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
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