How to Grow Your Research Program: Lessons from Oakland University
Growing any research program requires strategic planning, strong institutional support, and a commitment to staff development. In our February 2025 webinar, Dr. Andrea Buford from Oakland...
Navigating eRA Implementation: Answering the Top 5 Questions Your IT Team Will Ask
Implementing eRA software is a significant undertaking that requires at least some involvement from your institution’s IT team. Whether you’re designing a homegrown system or purchasing...
Retro Allocations: How to Handle Ever-Changing Effort
The landscape of research administration is dynamic and challenging, with a wide range of complexities. One of the complexities that can trip up teams is effort reporting. The concept of...
Managing Multi-Core Research Projects
Multi-core projects are unique and complex entities within sponsored projects, requiring meticulous organization and diligent oversight. These large-scale endeavors involve multiple interrelated...
Best Practices for Onboarding and Ongoing Training
One of the biggest challenges research administration professionals face is developing an effective approach to training and onboarding. The lack of time, resource documentation, and an organized...
Conducting Accurate Workload Assessments in Research Administration
In our 2022 Benchmark Report on the state of research administration, we surveyed more than 1,000 individuals from 437 organizations. When asked about the most significant barriers they faced in...
Attracting, Motivating, and Retaining Talent in Research Administration: Onboarding
In the final post of our three-part series on talent acquisition and retention in research administration, we’re focusing on Onboarding. Read Part 1: Retention here, and Part 2: Recruitment here....
4 Ways to Increase Research Proposal Submissions
The number of grant proposal submissions a research department processes is a key indicator of whether an organization’s research endeavors are thriving. While every higher education institution...
How to Create More Accurate Budgets for Research Grant Proposals
Developing an accurate proposal budget is key to securing grants. Not only does it show sponsors you have a realistic sense of expenditures, but it also reassures them you will be using their...
2023 ListEdTech Report: Understanding the Latest Findings and Trends
ListEdTech’s annual Grant Management System Report always reveals key developments in research over the past year. The recently released 2023 report is no different. Tracking trends in grant...