Note from the Editor | Second Cup of Coffee and Dig In February may be the shortest month of the year, but it certainly packs a punch – knock-out weather, Omicron, civil unrest (a truck convoy on Canada’s Parliament Hill in the dead of winter, eh?), and of course, Valentine’s Day. So it is...
View from the Top | Flexibility to Enable Change SRAI’s new Strategic Plan debuts this year. The new vision for the plan is not to just “set it and forget it.” Instead we hope it will be fluid and flexible to enable change more readily depending on market influences and our members’ needs....
Research Administration Careers | Hiring This month the SRAI Catalyst introduces an ongoing column on Research Administration Careers, exploring the many aspects of our rapidly growing profession. We initiate the bimonthly series with a discussion on Hiring: how, why, what to consider, and...
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Top 17 Newsletter Ideas: Part 3 This is part three of a three-part series on setting up an office newsletter. Check out Part One, Making a :Case for an Office Newsletter , and Part Two: The Nine C’s of Effective Communication . Message from the Director Ask your office...
Research Impact and Communications: The New Kid on the Block Excitement is mounting in SRAI circles for the 2022 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas , November 2 to 4, with the proposal submission deadline, February 18, quickly closing. One of the first tasks in developing a proposal is to select the...
RAAAP-3 HIBARMA – Research Administration as a Profession 3rd Survey – How I Became a Research Manager and Administrator Dear colleague, Following the previous 2016 RAAAP and 2019 RAAAP-2 surveys we are encouraging our members to participate in this third international research survey...
Monthly Poll | Interview Questions In December, we asked you to share your thoughts about engagement in this remote and hybrid environment. We also asked you to tell us if you think of yourself as an extrovert or an introvert and your thoughts about the quantity of intentional engagement...
What I Wish I Knew When I Started in Research Administration | Fran Stephens Members of SRAI’s Distinguished Faculty were recently asked, “What do you wish you knew when you started in Research Administration?” Over the next few months we will share their insights and observations. ...
Kudos Korner | Dhanonjoy Saha SRA International members rock! As research management and administration professionals, they never stop improving, learning, achieving, or earning new heights of success. We love sharing good news and offering a well-deserved slap on the back for recent personal...
Taking Humor Seriously A Research Administrator Walks Into A Bar… Myth: Our work is serious business and there is nothing funny about it. We know the opposite is true. Research Administration is often pretty funny, bizarre things happen all the time and we just have to roll with it. Often...
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