Op-Ed | Please note that the following op-ed discussion is based on the authors’ analysis of the Compact and not a reflection of the editors’ or SRAI’s views. The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is a proposal by the Trump administration to offer universities...
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Career Growth & Leadership | (Part I) Research administration runs on quiet wins—decisions, judgment calls, and interventions that rarely appear in metrics. This article explores why invisible labor matters, how storytelling strengthens professional identity, and why naming the...
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Current Affairs | Spotlight Story As federal DEI priorities undergo a rapid rewrite, this article cuts through the noise to reveal what the legal and regulatory pivots actually mean for research funding and institutional operations, providing a strategic roadmap for navigating the...
Regulatory & Compliance Oversight | Research security doesn’t start in an office—it starts with study teams. This article reframes research security as a set of everyday decisions and introduces five essential questions teams should be able to answer to protect data, participants,...
Community & Member Engagement | Is it ever too late to contemplate a career transition? Based on my experience, I would say the answer is “no.” Job satisfaction and personal fulfillment are sometimes hard to align, but no one should spend time unhappy at work. Knowing when to go...
Grant Development & Strategy | AI in research administration works best when it's built with the people who do the work, not just for them. The open collaboration with Denver Health's research admin team allowed Atom Grants to develop an AI tool in a way no other roadmap ever could...
Grant Management & Financial Oversight | When you implement an EGMS, you must know your systems, map your processes, ask more questions than you think during training, coordinate early with IT, and decide what stays and what goes. You’ll learn about your own processes and...
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...