Research Administration and its departments manage the strategic planning challenges and growth of the research enterprise and its highly innovative researchers. Serving as primary liaison to the research community and hospital administration, Research Administration organizes regular committee meetings and fora, including the monthly Administrators’ Round Table and the Research Faculty Council meetings. The departments within Research Administration provide services to facilitate excellence in the conduct of research and ensure regulatory compliance. They maintain research governance committees, grants management, technological development, human and animal research, laboratory facilities and resource management for the Boston Children’s research enterprise