Volume 01, Issue 03: January 2026
Editor's Note
Dear Readers,
As we start a new year, I would like to express my gratitude to all the authors, readers and feature editors who help make the Catalyst a success. I wish everyone a year filled with collaboration, dedication, and shared achievements.
In this third (ever!) issue of the Catalyst Quarterly, we look back on the lessons learned and experiences had during the 2025 SRAI Annual Meeting, which took place last October in San Antonio, Texas, drawing over 1000 attendees from all over the world.
These specially curated pieces range from detailed session breakdowns to lighthearted reflections from the eyes of speakers, attendees, and scholarship recipients.
We are also pleased to share a couple of articles focused on mentoring. Mentorship plays a particularly important role in research administration and compliance, offering benefits such as skill building, confidence building and a support system to the mentees, and leadership opportunities and personal growth to the mentors. We hope that that the articles in this issue will inspire our readers to serve others and the greater research administration & compliance community through increased mentorship. Click here to learn more about mentorship and community involvement opportunities at SRAI.
Finally, we present to you some highlights from the past quarter, covering the latest in generative AI, subrecipient relationships, the anatomy of a grant, and more.
As always, I invite you, the reader, to share your stories, knowledge and expertise by writing for the Catalyst. To learn more on how to submit, click here. Here’s to continued growth for all in the new year!