Centralized Research Coordination Service
The Centralized Research Coordinator Service (CRCS) is an OER initiative designed to support researchers in managing the logistical aspects of their funded projects. The service aims to allow researchers to focus more on their scholarship by providing dedicated assistance with various aspects of research coordination, including proposal preparation, project management, and post-award support.
The CRCS is staffed by a team of Research Coordinators. Researchers are encouraged to include research coordination in their proposal budgets and can allocate dedicated time from these coordinators to ensure efficient management of their grants and projects.
In addition to supporting research projects, the CRCS collaborates closely with OER’s pre- and post-award teams to streamline grant processes. The goal of the CRCS is to provide comprehensive support for research teams, ensuring that faculty can focus on their core research activities while the logistical and administrative tasks are handled by experienced coordinators.
The CRCS is staffed by a team of Research Coordinators. Researchers are encouraged to include research coordination in their proposal budgets and can allocate dedicated time from these coordinators to ensure efficient management of their grants and projects.
In addition to supporting research projects, the CRCS collaborates closely with OER’s pre- and post-award teams to streamline grant processes. The goal of the CRCS is to provide comprehensive support for research teams, ensuring that faculty can focus on their core research activities while the logistical and administrative tasks are handled by experienced coordinators.
About Our Services
Project Team Coordination Efforts
- Participate as a team member to develop project work plans.
- Assist the PI to monitor progress, identify, and resolve barriers to progress, and to make any necessary adjustments to scope and timeline.
- Ensure that team members are aware of and complaint with the rules of operation – both institutional and those of the sponsor.
- Attend team meetings, assist in record keeping, and prepare for logistical action items.
Liaise between PI/ Project Team and COE/UF Offices
- Assist the PI in communicating with college leadership, staff, and external constituencies (e.g., funding agencies, community partners).
- Connect the Project Team with necessary UF resources.
Project Activity Coordination
- Coordinate data collection activities (e.g., assist with recruitment and communicate with research participants as needed, plan for interviews, coordinate survey logistics, create project timelines).
- Prepare Research Participant Payments (RPP) in coordination with Post-Award Research Administrator(s).
- Support the preparation of Travel. Reports/Authorizations (TA), if required.
- Support the PI with preparation of reports, applications, boilerplates, and manuscripts (e.g., perform literature searches).
- Maintain project compliance with regulations and policies (federal, state, university, sponsors) and assist in the creation/renewal of IRB protocols.
- Assist in the planning and coordination of research-related events.