Research Administration in the Virtual World: A Guidebook for Research Administrators
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2021-05
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This project established an on-line, searchable Proposal and Award Handbook for
internal use of the author’s research administration team. This Handbook reduces worker
stress by simplifying access to necessary systems and information, which is particularly
important in the period of mandatory remote work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Handbook also increases research administration team cohesion and supports
individual professional growth, by communicating information about roles and
responsibilities of different job types within the group. The Handbook mitigates the
increased difficulty of accessing files and collaborating with research administration
peers caused by mandatory remote work. The Proposal and Award Handbook empowers
each research administration team member to efficiently respond to researcher and
institutional requirements.
The Proposal and Award Handbook is searchable, editable, and organized
alphabetically by topic. It contains instructions for accessing sponsor and internal
systems, as well as hyperlinks to existing guidance and expertise. This Handbook is
shared in a research administration team Google Drive, and uses Google Document
Headings to maintain a hyperlinked table of contents. Google Document History ensures
that important guidance is not mistakenly deleted. Periodic informal review, assessment,
and maintenance by the lab research administration team to ensure clarity and accuracy
of information.
This Handbook is a lab-level research administration resource that enables timely
and correct responses to all institutional stakeholders, while minimizing institutional risk
that may result from regulatory or procedural non-compliance.
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research administration, remote work, handbook