Office of Research Research Administration and Central Services - Office of Research

Research Administration and Central Services

  • Supports campus researchers and their staff with a variety of extramural funding transactions
  • Manages the central administration for the Office of Research

Research Administration:

Sponsored Programs

Sponsored Programs assists the campus research community in its efforts to secure extramural funding while promoting proper stewardship of those funds.

Central Service units:

Business & Finance

Business & Finance works in partnership with the UC Davis community including administrators, faculty, staff, research unit directors and managers to deliver financially sound and cost-effective business processes.

Communications and Marketing

Communications & Marketing provides strategic leadership for print and electronic publications about the value of UC Davis research to the general public and state, national and international decision makers.

Human Resources

The OR HR Team works in partnership with research unit managers and their teams, with individual employees, and with supervisors and managers in the Office of Research to provide programs and services that create a work environment of employee empowerment.


Research Administration and Central Services is one of five Office of Research areas of emphasis. Others are: