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Professionals at the Interface of Science: Is There More than Meets the Eye?
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Santos, José M. R. C. A.; Varela, Carolina; Kerridge, Simon – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2021
The increasing professionalisation, mixed profiles, and institutional formal recognition of research managers and administrators (RMAs), namely at higher education institutions, has led to an increasing but modest volume of academic studies focused on their professional identity, roles, functions and impact. Based on an extensive literature…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Higher Education, Professional Identity, Research Administration
Research Managers at Jamaica's National University Are Strategically Deploying a Modest Research Development Fund in Support of Impactful Research
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Ivey, Paul W.; Henry, Martin – Research Management Review, 2016
The purpose of this paper is to highlight, using examples, how the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) is strategically using a modest internal research development fund, which is managed by the research managers in its research and innovation management office, to support impactful research projects. Critical reflection and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Administration, Research Projects, Financial Support
Establishing and Maintaining an Academic Biorepository
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Ashley, Sonia; Goodman, Ira – Journal of Research Administration, 2015
The significance of biorepositories has been known for many years but the latest advances in clinical and translational research and increased collaborations among investigators have made biorepositories even more prominent. Biorepositories collect and store human tissue and serum samples used in both the research and treatment of disease. In…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Administration, Cancer, Biological Sciences
Education for Research Administrators: Where to Go from Here.
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Chermside, Herbert B. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1991
This reprinted 1970 article examines the need for and the education of college and university research administrators. The article stresses the need for research administrators to have knowledge of basic business theory and practice; a feeling for research theory and practice; an ability to work with funding agencies; and understanding of how…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Business Administration, College Administration
New Roles for Research Administrators.
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Barpal, Isaac – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1988
The research administrator of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pennsylvania) discusses issues in the transformation of the company from a technology-driven to a business-driven organization, a process in which the technical and business segments of the organization work as teams toward successful innovation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Business Administration, Higher Education, Industry
The Role and Influence of the US National Science Foundation's Program Officers in Reviewing and Awarding Grants.
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McCullough, James – Higher Education, 1994
The National Science Foundation practice of using scientifically qualified program directors, some from university laboratories, to make grant-giving recommendations independent of external peer reviewers is compared with the practice of other agencies. A recent policy of allowing program directors to make some small grants without external peer…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Agency Role, Decision Making