Best Practices for Tracking and Reporting Research Success
Postgraduate research projects are complex, often multidisciplinary efforts that require detailed planning and organization. Just when you think there is plenty of time left for your work, it can...
How To Manage Training and Development of Postgraduate Students
In the dynamic landscape of academia, postgraduate students play a pivotal role in shaping the world of research. As educational institutions strive to provide comprehensive learning, managing...
Postgraduate Studies: Top Challenges and Best Ways To Overcome Them
Over the decades, postgraduate studies have evolved and expanded to become more complicated than ever. Without the right support tools, research teams may find it difficult to overcome these...
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...