Support Functions and Programs
OVPR Research Support
Biosafety
The Biosafety Program works to ensure that any work associated with biohazards or recombinant/synthetic nucleic acids is done safely and in accordance with regulations.
Central Pre-Award
Central Pre-Award provides mandatory review, approval and submission for sponsored funding.
Chemical Safety
The Chemical Safety Program services minimize the risks associated with the use of hazardous chemicals in research, teaching, and laboratory facilities. We also help the research community by ensuring
Conflict of Interest
The Conflict of Interest Office supports the University community in identifying and managing financial conflicts of interest related to research and scholarly activities, business transactions, and
The Health Sciences Institutional Review Board (HS IRB) reviews, monitors and approve biomedical and social, behavioral, and educational research for Tufts Medicine and Tufts University Health
Industrial Hygiene
Industrial Health (IH) promotes health, safety and environmental protection in teaching, research, public service and administrative activities by providing training, advice and other compliance
Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee
The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) ensures institutional compliance with federal regulations that govern animal care and use for all research, teaching, and training projects.
Institutional Biosafety Committee
The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is charged with ensuring that all research, teaching, and training involving potentially biohazardous agents at Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center is
Institutional Chemical Safety Committee
The Institutional Chemical Safety Committee (ICSC) provides review and oversight of research, teaching, and training spaces and activities that are associated with chemicals at Tufts University while
Radiation Safety Committee
The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) is charged with providing independent expert advice for working with or in areas containing radioactive materials or radiation producing machines.
Integrative Safety Committee
The Integrative Safety Committee (ISC) was formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and is charged with reviewing research ramp down exception requests, school research ramp up plans, exception
Laboratory Safety
The Laboratory Safety (LS) Group supports research and teaching activities by providing training, advice and other compliance assistance in the areas of biosafety, chemical safety, general lab safety
Local Research Administration
Local Research Administration (LRA) provides support within the schools and centers at Tufts.
Research Administration
Research Administration & Development (RAD) helps investigators to pursue their research and scholarship goals, providing expertise and support throughout the Award Lifecycle.
Strategic Research Development
Research Development supports grantsmanship, funding, and proposal development.
Research Safety and Regulatory Programs
Research Safety and Regulatory Programs (RS&RP) oversees a variety of functions that ensures safe, legal, and ethical research across Tufts.
Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research IRB
The Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research IRB (SBER IRB) reviews research involving human research subjects to ensure regulatory compliance.
RAD Enterprise
This function leads and implements projects related to supporting and strengthening research administration and development enterprise of Tufts University.
Related Research Support
Post-Award provides financial oversight of all sponsored award activities from set up to closeout, and is part of the Finance Division, office of the Controller.
Information Security
Information Security provides stewardship and security services that support responsible research & scholarship.