The impact of resubmission assistance on grant proposal success is relatively unknown. Given that a significant proportion of proposals, up to 90%, are rejected by the sponsor, this lack of information makes it difficult for Research Development (RD) professionals to decide whether to invest resources in this service. This study responded to New…

Departmental research administrators offer a wide range of support services to research communities, university central offices, and fellow research administrators in other departments and institutions around the world. It is important for department-level research administration offices to function as a unit to provide centralized services that…

This case study describes the plans and innovations that contributed to the successful transition from traditional, in-person working to working virtually at Gallaudet University during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 13, 2020, Gallaudet closed its campus to non-essential employees and transitioned to remote work due to the global coronavirus…

The need to understand efficacy and outcomes from grant-funded activity is common to funders, the academic community, and the public. Yet, few articles in the research administration corpus offer details on and considerations of applying the concept of return on investment (ROI) to grant activity. To determine the volume of material available…