Recently added articles from Journal of Research Administration:
From the editor's desk.(Introduction)(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Many times the most ordinary things present us with the most extraordinary moments. That truth came home to me dynamically a short time ago. I was watching a woodworker install hardwood floors in a home being remodeled. Part of the project was the rebuilding of the main stairway. With ...
Research administration as a living system.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Imagine a university where faculty and research administrators work in harmony. Rather than strife, manipulation, placing blame, stress, and disallowances, a system where research administrators are empathic and helpful and receive accolades and recognition from ...
Institutional challenges of interdisciplinary research centers.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Throughout the academic and research community, interdisciplinary research has become a catch phrase (Giacomini, 2004; Robertson, Martin, & Singer, 2003). With the recent emphasis in the NIH Roadmap initiative (http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/roadmapnewsecir.asp) on ...
Why academics have a hard time writing good grant proposals.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction When they are new to the grant game, even scholars with fine publishing records can struggle with proposal writing. Many are surprised to find that the writing style that made them successful as academics is not well suited to crafting a winning proposal. To succeed ...
Internal grant competitions: a new opportunity for research officers to build institutional funding portfolios.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the predominant funding agency for biomedical research in the United States, was allocated $29.24 billion for its fiscal year 2007 budget, an inflation-adjusted decrease of 1.2% from the previous year (National Institutes of ...
Application of standard project management tools to research--a case study from a multi-national clinical trial.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Although the pharmaceutical industry has well-developed project management methodologies for research, it is unusual for academic researchers working in the education and public sectors to do so. The discipline that these tools impose can appear alien initially and ...
Customer-supplier roles and relationships in the management of research projects.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Undertaking research involves a range of activities: generating the idea for the research, refining it and identifying the relevant hypotheses and questions; developing the method; generating the necessary funding; undertaking the studies to test the hypotheses and ...
Implementing ethics policies in developing countries: ploughing on parched ground?
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Research integrity is a global concern. When research lacks integrity, it destroys public trust in the academic and scientific community (The National Academies Press, 2002). While this issue is important for all research institutions, it becomes increasingly ...
Administration of an Innovative Program of International Cooperation: success across the pond.
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction The world is rapidly changing, and globalization is helping to establish common social, economic, and political agreements between countries, as evidenced by the 1993 Maastricht Agreement that created the European Union (EU) and the 1994 North American Free Trade ...
Managing Scientists: Leadership Strategies in Scientific Research (2004).
Sep 22, 2007; ... Managing Scientists: Leadership Strategies in Scientific Research (2004) Alice Sapienza, Wiley-Liss, Inc., 246 pp. Managing Scientists: Leadership Strategies in Scientific Research is the kind of book that researchers in all disciplines, not just the sciences, will want to read ...
Recent Developments in Research Law.
Sep 22, 2007; ... An Overview of Export Law and Regulations Current federal export laws control a wide range of technologies and some of the regulations outlined in them can have a substantial impact on research. These laws control the conditions under which certain information, technologies, and ...
International research infrastructure and the impact of export control regulations.(Voice of Experience)(Author abstract)
Sep 22, 2007; ... Introduction Administrators International (SRA) celebrates its 40th anniversary. Originally founded as a North American organization, with four sections in the United States and one in Canada, SRA has grown into a truly international society. To reflect its growing global ...