Research administration is bogged down by outdated, manual processes. While other industries embrace innovation, universities and hospitals have lagged in tech solutions and hesitate to adopt third-party tech due to [valid?] financial data security concerns. But this caution comes at a cost: adminis...

The federal government is undergoing an unprecedented shakeup—mass firings of federal workers, funding freezes, and policy shifts, including proposals to cap indirect costs for universities and research institutes at 15%. The research funding landscape is rapidly changing, and research administrator...

There’s a fundamental difference between strategy and strategic planning, yet too often, institutions conflate the two. Strategy is about winning, making deliberate choices to position a university, school, or research unit for success in an unpredictable and competitive environment. Strategic plann...

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo  Da Vinci

If research administrators could distill the management and administration of grant portfolios and department operations into a single word, I imagine complex would be the most common endorsement. Some complexity is inherent in the pr...