Departmental research administrators are the link between researchers and the offices of sponsored projects at major universities. They also serve as liaison between the researcher and the agencies that fund their research ...

Competition for federal research funding is increasing as federal funds allotted for research lag behind the growing demand. Reducing administrative burdens on research faculty would allow more time for faculty to conduct ...

Universities engage with corporations to pursue their missions in research, teaching, and public service. In recent years, corporations have evolved their expectations for university relations from primarily philanthropic ...

In 2014, the Social and Economic Policy Units (or research units) at the RAND Corporation went through centralization which created new job titles and new job descriptions for research administrators, allowed research units ...

In 2017, two divisions within the Department of Research and Evaluation, at a large Healthcare Organization, underwent a decentralization which resulted in the creation and implementation of a new role, the Research Business ...

Working at an institution with a budding Research Department necessitates the development of additional resources for the education of new researchers. Such an educational gap was noted by key research personnel at Kadlec ...

The field of research administration is an ever-changing environment, requiring individuals within this profession to remain pro-active. For those responsible for pre-award functions, the proposal preparation and submission ...

The broad range of chemical and biological compliance standards has resulted in a complex, multifaceted regulatory environment for the development and distribution of biological products. Due to this complexity, company ...