Welcome to Pediatrics Central Research Administration Finance Team (PCRAFT)

PCRAFT serves as the centralized post-award research administration and finance support for the faculty and divisions in the Department of Pediatrics. Our key goals are to:

• Provide excellent customer service of the highest caliber and professionalism to investigators as they conduct world-class research, groundbreaking discoveries and transform innovations
• Ensure compliance with sponsor and University policies, regulations and practices by providing guidance, tools and resources to key stakeholders for research administration activities
• Become subject-matter experts on post-award activities and accurately approve financial transactions, review expenditure statements, anticipate financial commitments, facilitate post-award requests and award closeouts
• Collaborate with campus partners and participate in process improvement initiatives to streamline workflows and implement the most efficient and effective model in post-award management