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Hypercare/RA Flex Team

The Hypercare/RA Flex Team is a group of experienced, dedicated research administrators with extensive expertise in Oracle, UCPath, and Kuali Research. We provide flexible, plug-and-play research administration support during staff vacancies, leaves of absence, and peak workload periods, helping departments maintain seamless operations and exceptional service to their PIs.

Why Choose the Hypercare/RA Flex Team?

Our experienced team can quickly integrate into your operations, providing reliable support when you need it most while maintaining the high level of service your investigators and departments expect.

Benefits of Support

  • Maintains continuity for PIs and departments, preserving trusted relationships and ensuring uninterrupted portfolio management.
  • Supports timely fund management and reconciliation, reducing financial risk and preventing costly downstream cleanup efforts.
  • Delivers consistent, high-quality service, strengthening operational effectiveness and supporting research success.
  • Leverages extensive UC San Diego systems knowledge and institutional expertise, requiring minimal onboarding and allowing for rapid deployment.

Hypercare/RA Flex-Team Support Request

Complete our simple intake form and we'll handle the rest!

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Pre-Award Services

Our team offers expert Proposal support. We look forward to assisting you with your Pre-Award needs!

Pre-Award Request Form Link

Services

Pre-award Backfill Support

Temporary pre-award research administration support to ensure continuity of proposal preparation and submission activities during staffing shortages, transitions, or periods of high proposal volume and critical sponsor deadlines. 

Services include:

  • Proposal preparation & submission ​
  • Budget development ​
  • Pre-award administrative support​
  • Preproposals​
  • Just in Time/Post submission requests ​

Post-award Backfill Support

Temporary post-award fund management coverage during staff leave, vacancies, or transitions to ensure continuity of portfolio management and minimize disruption to departmental operations. 

Services include:

  • Monthly financial reporting ​
  • Payroll and expense reconciliation ​
  • Award monitoring ​
  • Procurement and travel review & approval​
  • Day-to-day post-award administration​

Portfolio Reconciliation Support

A comprehensive review of a PI’s entire portfolio, including:

  • Cleanup of expired awards ​
  • Resolution of default and other portfolio variances ​
  • Verification of key personnel effort & personnel funding ​
  • Transaction review ​
  • Submission of outstanding financial reports​

Project-Specific Reconciliation Support

A targeted reconciliation of a single complex award or project (e.g., P01s, T32s, U01s, etc), utilizing the same detailed review methodology as a full portfolio reconciliation to identify and address compliance and financial issues.

  • Review of complex award or project (e.g., P01, T32, U01)  ​
  • Resolution of default and other project variances ​
  • Verification of key personnel effort & personnel funding ​
  • Transaction review ​

Leadership-Driven Projects

Strategic, high-priority support directed by leadership to address urgent financial, operational, or compliance needs. Projects may include:

  • Default and deficit remediation​
  • Large-scale financial cleanups​
  • Compliance initiatives​
  • Operational improvement projects​
  • Targeted financial analysis​

Additional Services

Unit-driven financial and administrative support for specialized projects, including:

  • Default analysis​
  • GL-PPM realignment​
  • No-project transaction cleanup​
  • Oracle project role updates​
  • Workflow assessments​
  • Training ​

We look forward to assisting you!

If you have questions, or need additional support, please email us atFlexRATeam@ucsd.edu