The Big Leap: The Pros and Cons of Moving Away Managing the pros and cons of working 100% remotely from a new state. In 2020, COVID opened the door for me and many of my co-workers to work 100% remotely for the first time in my career. Life seemed a lot easier not having to drive into...
A Career Planning Tool for Research Management and Administration Professionals? With the field of Research Administration continuing to grow, how are those both new to the field and seasoned professionals planning how to move forward in their careers? Is there a need for a Research...
Minding Your Business in Research Administration It’s a regular day in the office. There are dozens of emails in your inbox, with alerts pinging that more are incoming. Suddenly, the phone rings, and on the other end is a finance specialist from across campus requesting a report. Then, a knock...
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LevelUP Case Study: Pre-Award Administration at the University of Pennsylvania In a series of articles we will feature case studies submitted to earn the Level III badge for LevelUP. Read this month’s full case study here . I chose to take a deeper look at pre-award administration as it is...
Creating Boundaries Provides the Freedom to Fully Engage On my very first day of my very first job, I worked through lunch. No, I wasn’t employed in a sweatshop. I worked at the local library, and I just couldn’t help myself. I was 16 years old and earning my first paycheck and quite likely...
Leadership Nugget – Mutual Respect As leaders we continually grow. I wanted to share a recent experience that continually allows me to grow… painfully… but still grow personally and professionally. I call this recent experience the Mutual Respect factor. The experience actually started a...
Why New Research Administrators Quit in the First Year Research administration is a complex and demanding field. It requires a wide range of skills and knowledge, and it can be difficult to find the right person for the job. As a result, it is not uncommon for new research administrators to...
Celebrating Employee Turnover High turnover in research administration leads to an increased workload for the rest of the team, time and money to hire and train the replacement, and stress for managers everywhere. There are many strategies presented to combat this problem and create a better...
Not Everything That Happens in Vegas Should Stay in Vegas – A Latinx’s SRAI Annual Meeting Experience The 2022 SRAI Annual Meeting in Las Vegas was quite an experience for me. The meeting brought together research administrators from across the United States and around the world from places...
Improving Professionalism in Research Management and Administration Support Services Using Reflective Practice Innovative research aims to solve societal, economic, national, and global problems thereby making the world a better place. The increasing competitiveness and scarcity of research...
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