As the nation’s largest public research university, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) aims to catalyze, support and safeguard U-M research and scholarship activity.
The Office of the Vice President for Research oversees a variety of interdisciplinary units that collaborate with faculty, staff, students and external partners to catalyze, support and safeguard research and scholarship activity.
ORSP manages pre-award and some post-award research activity for U-M. We review contracts for sponsored projects applying regulatory, statutory and organizational knowledge to balance the university's mission, the sponsor's objectives, and the investigator's intellectual pursuits.
Ethics and compliance in research covers a broad range of activity from general guidelines about conducting research responsibly to specific regulations governing a type of research (e.g., human subjects research, export controls, conflict of interest).
eResearch is U-M's site for electronic research administration. Access: Regulatory Management (eRRM) for IRB, IBC rDNA applications; Proposal Management (eRPM) for the e-routing, approval, and submission of proposals (PAFs) and Unfunded Agreements (UFAs) to external entities and Awards (AWDs); and Animal Management (eRAM) for IACUC protocols, ULAM, and controlled substance registrations.
Sponsored Programs manages the post-award financial activities of U-M's research enterprise and other sponsored activities to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws as well as sponsor regulations. The Office of Contract Administration (OCA) is also part of the Office of Finance - Sponsored Programs.
As announced July 21, all principal investigators and personnel on existing or pending sponsored research projects must complete the DOJ Bulk Data Regulations Training. Starting Aug. 25, there will be a PEERRS compliance hold triggered on new awards and mods if any listed Investigators on that award or mod have not completed this training.
The training module, which must be completed every three years, is available through the PEERRS training portal.
For additional guidance and information about the regulations behind the training, visit the FAQs page from the Office of General Counsel.
For questions about completing the training, contact the PEERRS training group at [email protected].