Research Administration

Office of Research Administration and Advancement

The Office of Research Administration and Advancement's (ORAA) primary mission is to serve UMCES faculty and administration by assisting in identifying funding opportunities and facilitating the proposal submission process, negotiating awards and assisting with post-award administration. We work to provide friendly, knowledgeable and accurate information regarding federal, sponsor, and institution policies and procedures.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Ginger Steelman
ORAA Director
410-221-2014
gsteelman@umces.edu		 Barbara Higgins
Senior ORAA Accountant/Invoicing and financial reporting
410-221-2009
higgins@umces.edu 
 		  

Kuali Research (KR) is being implemented at UMCES

Kuali Research (KR) is an electronic cloud-based research administration system that supports the management of sponsored projects from conception to closeout and virtually everything in between.  KR builds upon the basic pre-award functionality (proposal preparation, routing, and submittal) currently available in Cayuse and adds robust reporting, compliance management and comprehensive post-award research administration to the mix. Learn more about KR functionality and the implementation timeline on the ORAA Kuali Research page.

The ORAA website is divided into four main functional areas:

Proposals  |  Award Management  |  Policy and Procedures  |  Forms


Proposals: oraa@umces.edu

Award Management: oraa@umces.edu

Policy and Procedures: oraa@umces.edu

  • Compliance (animal use, human subjects, export control, etc.)
  • Whistleblower protection information
  • Work flow for best practices
  • Flow charts for document submission and requests

ORAA is also the point of contact for sponsored project invoicing and financial reports: 

Invoicing and Financial Reporting: oraainvoice@umces.edu  

  • Invoices and financial draw-downs (federal)
  • Financial reports and federal forms

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