Resilience in Research Pillar Two: Effective Automation for Better Resource Management
As research teams increasingly look to improve organizational resilience and keep projects on track despite an atmosphere of uncertainty, we’re highlighting the most effective strategies to help...
How to Prepare Your Research Office to Go Paperless
You'll love the benefits of an electronic research administration system! Learn how your research team can ease the transition to an all-digital office.
4 Ways Grant Management Systems Can Help Your Research Organization
Learn how grant management systems can help solve the challenges of administering federally sponsored research projects.
What Are Shadow Accounting Systems, and Should You Have One?
A shadow accounting system is a set of records maintained at a local level that is independent of the centralized system of record, especially if high-level records aren't specific enough.
Best Practices for Subrecipient Awards Management
Managing subrecipient awards (subawards) may seem daunting, but with a little preparation, the whole process can be made seamless. Here's what to do.
Common Grant Accounting Challenges
We’ve worked with some of the nation’s most respected research universities, healthcare organizations, individual departments, and others. Each of these settings has its own unique mission and...
5 Grant Management Problems and Red Flags
Not long ago, I read that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was facing dwindling federal budgets and political gridlock. However, they wanted to raise record-low grant approval rates, so...
Top 3 Frustrations for Research Administrators – and How to Address Them
No one ever said research administration is easy. Demanding PIs, complex applications, ambiguous agency regulations, and tight deadlines. Learn how to handle each.
What’s FAIN and How Does it Improve Data Quality for Federal Spending?
In 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered each federal agency to assign a unique number, or FAIN, to all financial assistance awards. This post will explain what FAIN is, how it...
Using Grant Management Software in the Pre-award Stage
Not all grant management software is created equally. Make sure you know what you need out of your software in the pre-award stage.