Publications

May/June 2024 Edition

Features

• A Journey Through Time 
• Using AM66 to Launch Your Research Administrative Superhero Era
• Career Building Outside of Straight Lines: Embracing Career Transition
• Rediscovering My Journalist Roots in Research Administration
• Maximizing Mentorship
• Leveraging Research Experience at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)
• Diversifying Clinical Research in the United States: Can Research Administrators Help?
• Contracting Q&A: Where Do We Begin?
• Fueling Your Purpose in Research Administration from the World of Internal Audit: Unlocking the Secrets of Success
• Inclusion Initiatives: The Changing Work Environment in Research Administration--Embracing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• An Outsiders Perspective into Research Compliance
• My Experience as a NCURA Global Fellow
• You Say Potato, I say Potato: Different Use of Terminology Under International Collaborations
• Research Administration in the Middle East and North Africa--Beyond Compliance: Navigating a Career to New Frontiers
• From Indispensable to In Charge: My Empowerment Journey in IT Project Management
• Proper Communication of New Risk Information in Clinical Trials: A Joint Effort of Sponsors, Investigators, and IRBs
• Rediscovering My Journey from Europe and the UK to the USA
• Creating Participant-Centered Informed Consent Forms at Your Institution

March/April 2024 Edition

Features

• Go with the Flow: Using Automation to Increase Pre-Award Efficiency
• Enhancing Skill Development: Three Approaches for Upskilling Department Research Administrators
• Building Capacity through Workforce Revitalization
• Leveraging Available Tools to Increase Capacity in Research Compliance: One Policy's Journey
• WiSys Research Development: Building Capacity for Grantsmanship Across Wisconsin
• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Effective Research Administration
• Building a Workforce for the Future: Georgia State University's Access to Careers in Research Administration Internship Program
• Partnership and Practicality in Building Capacity in Low to Middle-Income Countries: Insights from the UNN-UCSD Collaboration
• Making the Necessary Research Administration Infrastructure Accessible at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs)
• Balancing Internal Controls with Efficient Processes
• Empowering the Future: A Conversation about Building Capacity Among New and Young Professionals in Research Administration
• Research Administration in Africa--Natural Capacity Builders
• A Path for Transforming the National Research Enterprise
• Office of Research Integrity's Continuing Commitment to Promoting Research Integrity
• Inclusion Initiatives: Building Community--Building Capacity
• Six Years Later - An International Partnership Across Continents
• Building Capacity in the Contracts World
• Research Administration in Europe--Empowering Finnish Institutions: FARIA and Finn-ARMA's Joint Effort in US Research Funding Capacity Building
• Federal Demonstration Partnership Update: Welcome to a New Lead Federal Representative
• Reconciliations: Who has the Time?
• Research Administration in Asia Pacific--Capacity Building within the Research Domain Systems Team at the University of Melbourne - The Product Management Approach
• Building Capacity in Compliance through Inclusion Training
• Reporting to OHRP--The Implications of "Checking the Box" on Your Federalwide Assurance
• Unexpected Lessons from Being Mentored
• New NIH Requirement for Foreign Subrecipients: A Foreign Perspective
• Self Care for the Research Administrator: The Hidden Network

January/February 2024 Edition

Features

• Leadership in Research Administration: A Different Approach
• Improving Post-award Compliance Through Pre-award Activities
• Leadership-Centric Management for Research Administration Compliance: An Evolving Mindset
• Research Administration in Asia Pacific: Leadership and Research Management in India
• Growing Your Team through Leadership
• NSF OIG Corner: What's the Plan for FY 2024?
• Departmental Research Administrators: Leaders in Their Own Right
• Navigating Research Administration
• Research Administration in the Middle East and North Africa: The Art & Science of Leadership
• Effective Project Support for International Research Collaboration
• The Many Faces of Leadership--Metrics & Systems
• Expanding Horizons: The Mustang Mentoring Program Experience
• The Art of Leadership in Research Administration
• Open Door Leadership: Prioritizing Opportunities for Others
• Research Administration in Africa: The Many Facets of Leadership in Research Administration--Perspectives from West Africa
• Inclusion Initiatives: The Principles of Leadership for Research Administrators in the DEIB Era
• Research Administration in Europe: Orchestrating Innovation FARIA's COllaborative Vision and Leadership Approach
• Self Care for the Research Administrator: What's in Your Toolbox? Promoting a Culture of Self Care in Research Administration
• Why Should IRBs Report Protocol Data Accurately in the IRB Registry?

December 2023 Edition

• Through the Looking Glass
• Call Me Coach
• How AI is Shaping the Future of Research
• The Importance of Strategic Planning in Research Administration

October/November 2023 Edition

• Up at Night
• Everything, Everywhere All at Once
• What Keeps You Up at Night?
• Workload Measurements

August 2023 Edition

• DATA
• Achieving Equitable Workloads through Data Exploration
• NCURA Awards & Election Results
• Research on Research Administration

May/June 2023 Edition

• inclUSion
• Daring to Practice Collective Leadership
• Justice in Research
• RECR - Not Just Another Acronym

March/April 2023 Edition

• Subawards: A Challenge and An Opportunity
• Building a Culture of Research Security
• Pending Federal Cybersecurity Standards
• Strategies for Promoting a Culture of Professional Integrity

January/February 2023 Edition 

• Boundless Collaboration
• MOUs for International Collaborations
• NSF OIG Frequent Audit Findings
• Small Can Be Mighty

Spring 2024 Edition: Volume 55, Number 1

• myRESEARCHpath: An Interactive Tool for Investigators and Research Administrators; 
• Researching Multi-Disciplinary Diversities and Optimizing their Inherent Strengths and Opportunities: The Role Played by UNILAG Research Management Office
• A Method for Creating NIH Data Training Tables with REDCap and NIH xTRACT
• Accessibility in Research Administration

Fall 2023 Edition: Volume 54, Number 3

• A Survey of Research Administrators: Identifying Administrative Burden in Post-Award Federal Research Grant Management
• Who are the Professionals at the Interface of Science Working at Research Funding, Science Policy Making, and Similar Organisations?
• Making Interdisciplinary Concrete: Views from Leaders of Interdisciplinary Research Buildings in Higher Education
• Implementation of a Pilot Project Program to Expand Research on Alcohol Use Disorders in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
• Untapped Potential: A Critical Analysis of the Utility of Data Management Plans in Facilitating Data Sharing
• The Role of Research Units at Higher Education Institutions: Intention or Reality?

Summer 2023 Special Edition: Volume 54, Number 2

• The Role of Research Administrators in Supporting Diverse Faculty
• Equal Opportunities in Academic Research Development? Faculty Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Research Administration
• From Compliance to Inclusion: Implementing an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan for a Federal Funding Program in Canada
• Beyond the Kumbaya: A Reflective Case Study of One University's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Journey 
• (de)Colonizing Research Services
• Research Development & Early-Career Faculty: Catalysts of Change for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM
• The Role of Research Leaders in Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Directions from Current Research and Opportunities for Systemic Organizational Transformation

Spring 2023 Edition: Volume 54, Number 1

• Knowing, Doing and Being: Transferable Competencies for the Research Management Profession
• Writing Retreats: Creating a Community of Practice for Academics Across Disciplines
• Building a Culture of Compliance at Liberal Arts Colleges and Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
• Is it Time to Rethink How We Support Research: Teams, Squads and Mission? -- An Opinion
• Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Research Administration in Canada

Fall 2022 Edition: Volume 53, Number 2

• Faculty Views on the Barriers and Facilitators to Grant Activities in the USA: A Systematic Literature Review
• Institutional Policies, Practices and Initiatives Impacting Research Productivity: The Strengthening of Collaboration, Leadership and Professionalism in Research Management in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and European Union (EU) Higher Education Institutions (StoRM)
• A Framework for the Management of Research and Innovation Projects in Academic Settings
• Adapting the Joint Task Force Core Competency Framework for Clinical Research Professionals: A Canadian Paediatric Research Perspective
• The University of Minnesota’s Clinical Research Support Center Feasibility Review: An Objective Protocol Assessment Carving a Pathway to Study Success
• Reconfiguring the Research Administration Workforce: A Qualitative Study Explaining the Increasingly Diverse Professional Roles in Research Administration
• What Can Research Institution Administrators Learn from Researcher Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic? Insights from a Survey of NIH and NSF Researchers

Spring 2022 Edition: Volume 53, Number 1

• Value in the International Space: Examining the Challenges and Barriers on Research Administration International Research Teams
• Hear Here! The Case for Podcasting in Research
• The R&D Canvas: A Design Thinking Tool for the Management of R&D Projects
• Deconstructing the Art of Grantsmanship: The Roles of the Storyteller, Grant Writer, Typesetter, Proofreader, Accountant and Reviewer
• Enhancing Institutional Competitiveness: The CERTi Approach to Assessing Faculty Research Development Efforts In Higher Education
• Encouraging Innovation: Should Internal Funding Programs Favor Faculty Who Are Already Productive?

Fall 2021 Edition: Volume 52, Number 2

• Overview of University Finances: Accounting and Budgeting Principles for Higher Education
• Managerial Framework for a large Multi-centre Clinical Trial within an EU-funded Collaborative Project – the “PREVIEW” Case Study
• Strategies to Obtain Research Funding for Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, a Rural Medical College in Japan
• Examining Employee Retention and Motivation Trends in Research Administration
• A Proportionate Peer Review Service
• A Social Innovation Model as Bridge-Builder Between Academia and Research Management
• Overhead Rates: Impact on Research Applications Success
• Development and Implementation of Work Engagement Strategies in a Clinical Research Consortium During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Reflective Inquiry

Spring 2021 Edition: Volume 52, Number 1

• Research Administration Around the World
• Developing Research Culture: An Outcomes Perspective
• Motivating Factors and Obstacles behind Grant Research: The Case of a Teaching Focused State College
• Development of a Clinical Research Consortium Position Interview Panel within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System
• Research Integrity Officers’ Responsibilities and Perspectives on Data Management Plan Compliance and Evaluation
• Research Managers and Administrators in Conflicting Organizational Cultures: How Does Their Human Capital Help Professional Survival in Knowledge-Intensive Organizations?