Community & Member Engagement Let’s Talk About Change… We did at VA SIG Spotlight Story Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings can act as a low-stakes environment for Research Administrators to gather amongst peers to network, learn, and share ideas. At our last VA SIG...
Operations & Workflow Management AI Applications in Research Administration Operations Free open AI tools could be used with non-confidential information to strengthen communications and other plans, create onboarding and training resources, and complete custom workflow tasks. ...
Career Growth & Leadership Unlocking Hidden Value: Why Research Administration and Compliance Professionals Should Consider the PMP Mila Babaev, CIP, reveals how everyday tasks in research administration and compliance are really project management in action and why pursuing the...
Operations & Workflow Management Choosing the Right Channel: Usage Guidelines for Communication Platforms in Research Offices As Research Administrators, we may communicate across multiple platforms and in a myriad of ways. How do we know where, when, and how to communicate with...
Grant Development & Strategy NIH narrative draft3 penultimate updated finalfinal: The Importance of File Naming Conventions Who has gone back to files for an earlier submission and had to sort through dozens of documents with wild names to find the final version that was submitted?...
Grant Management & Financial Oversight Choosing How to Travel Read Part One: Travel Trouble: Why “Just Charge It to the Grant” Isn’t Always Safe You’ve been approved to travel—now comes the fun part: figuring out how to get there. Transportation costs are among the most...