Where great science
finds great partners.
OCR works in the space between inspiration and impact, helping researchers turn ambitious ideas into fundable, executable programs that carry discovery forward.
“OCR works project by project, building collaborations and infrastructure that help the next project move faster.”
Start with the project
We start with the science, team, and timeline at hand, shaping support around what the project needs next, not a fixed service menu.
Embed shared expertise
Experienced staff embed across projects so investigators get grant strategy, PM, clinical coordination, and data support, without building every capability alone.
Adapt with the research landscape
Each engagement reveals emerging communities, funding areas, and operational needs, helping OCR evolve and strengthen the work that follows.
One coordinated
office.
Each arm operates with its own deep expertise — and the strength of OCR is how they work together for a single investigator, lab, or institute.
Research development
Research development strategists who help you find the right funding opportunity, sharpen the rationale and promise of the work, and position proposals to compete.
Project management
& clinical coordination
Operational backbone for complex projects and programs: study startup, regulatory compliance, clinical research coordination, and biospecimen pipelines.
Data management
& sharing
Databases, metadata standards, and NIH-compliant Data Management & Sharing plans, built with you from day one.
Research resources
& AI tools
A growing set of research resources and in-house developed AI tools for research communities.
Community management
Convenings, communications, and outreach that help research communities cohere, grow, and turn shared energy into collaborations.
Let's start something
worth funding.
Whether you have a deadline next month or a five-year vision, the earlier we engage, the more value we can add.
Many partners, different needs.One adaptive model.
While we have dedicated capacity for our partners and their communities, we serve all UCSF investigators when bandwidth allows. We're actively open to new partnerships.
What's happening @ OCR.
Grants funded, tools shipped, partnerships formed, doors opened. A running record of the work — published openly.
OCR is hiring a Research Development Strategist
Join the team that helps UCSF investigators find the right opportunity, sharpen proposals, and move ambitious research programs toward funding.
Learn moreOCR is hiring an ImmunoX Community Manager
Help steward the ImmunoX research community through convenings, communications, outreach, and collaborator connections.
Learn moreSubscribe to the OCR dispatch — one short email a month.
Subscribe