Services and Resources

Our mission is to promote intrinsic research growth by identifying funding opportunities, developing resources, and strategically aligning teams to support Emergency Medicine faculty.

Pre-Award

Develop and implement strategies to increase the quantity and quality of research proposals by providing a wide array of proposal development services including but not limited to:

  • Grant Writing Development
  • Budget and Budget Justification Development
  • Reviews and coordinates application elements (Bio-sketches, Facilities & Resources, etc.)
  • Coordinates the internal and external routing process (Rascal, eraCommons, etc.)

Post-Award

Works collaboratively with faculty and staff to perform the highest level of award account management services.

  • Award set up
  • Sub-award invoicing
  • Financial Support (reconciliations, attestations) Procurement (services and workforce)
  • And much more!

Identifying Funding Opportunities

  • Pivot is one of the most comprehensive funding databases available. It includes funding opportunities from government agencies, private foundations, corporations, and non-profit organizations. It is not exhaustive and cannot capture the entire universe of opportunities.
  • Columbia Research “Find Funding”

Research Compliance RASCAL Training Courses

CITI Human Subjects Protection (HSP) training modules- Rascal TC0087

  • Includes CITI Research with Minors and CITI FDA-Regulated Research modules (where applicable).
  • Required of all study personnel “engage” in the research (having contact with subjects or access to data).
  • Researchers are required to complete the refresher course in CITI every 3 years.

Rascal HIPAA Training – Rascal TC0019 

  • Research involving PHI

CITI Good Clinical Practice (GCP) – Rascal TC3450 

  • Required of all study personnel “engage” in the federally funded clinical trials research.
  • May substitute for industry sponsored GCP.
  • Researchers are required to complete the refresher course in CITI every 3 years – Rascal TC3452. 

Office of Research Compliance and Training

Contact Us

For questions or more information, please contact us at EMresearch@cumc.columbia.edu