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  • Emory’s Award Closeout Plan and Roadmap

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    Author: Patrick Amihere, Associate Director (RGC) To ensure proper, timely, and effective award closeouts for all sponsored awards, ORA and RGC continue the spectrum of work to make Award Closeout more effective and efficient institutionally. Therefore, it is not a surprise that the immediate improvement of an effective award closeout business process is the university’s…

  • Grants Management System Update: Implementing Insight

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    Author: Kim Maune, Emory Chief Implementation Officer, Insight GMS Emory University is investing in a fully integrated research administration grants management package. The product, Insight, is a could-based system unifying distributed and complex organizational processes into one highly integrated system to enable compliance, efficiency, and transparency. Our research systems are currently numerous and not integrated,…

  • 2024 Research Administration Dragon Service Awards

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    On April 29, 2024, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the fifth Research Administration Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of Research Administration’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with Research Administration. The winners of this year’s…

  • The New Research Administration Operations RACI: A Guide for Enhanced Collaboration Between Central and Non-Central Research Administration

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    By Lisa Wilson, Interim Assistant Vice President, ORAO As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering a culture of clarity and efficiency in research administration, ORA is proud to introduce the Research Administration Operations RACI: A Governance Framework for Central and Non-Central Research Administration. This strategic approach streamlines operations and enhances communication across our diverse…

  • 2023 ORA Dragon Service Awards

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    On April 24, 2023, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the fourth ORA Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of ORA’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with ORA. The winners of this year’s awards were nominated…

  • The Life of an Award @ Emory University

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    At Emory University, the development, submission, and management of an award, from concept to closeout, is a shared responsibility across many units and individuals. These include, but are not limited to, the Principal Investigator, Office of Sponsored Programs, Research Grants & Contracts, and Research Administration Services.   Awards begin as concepts, concepts that are developed and…

  • The Faculty Advisory Board of the Office of Research Administration

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    The Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) helps the Office of Research Administration (ORA) reach points of excellence through self-examination and extending the “faculty voice” in planning and implementation activities. Through this active engagement with faculty representatives from across the university, ORA works to fulfill our commitment to improving the research administration infrastructure and activities for our…

  • RA Enterprise Systems and Processes

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    In August of 2021 a project team was created by Dr. Robert Nobles to evaluate the Research Administration Services (RAS) information technology and process. The primary charge of the project team was to evaluate duplicate points of entry and gain efficiencies through system integration and process improvements. Once the evaluation was completed, the goal was…

  • We Appreciate Your Feedback- ORA Annual Satisfaction Survey

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    We heard you!  We are incorporating your feedback!  And yes, we are reading all your comments!  We can’t thank you enough for providing feedback regarding your satisfaction with the services of ORA and our research administrative departments and units. Our goal is to be, as transparent as possible by sharing the survey results across campus,…

  • Message from VPRA: Dr. Robert Nobles (August 2022)

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    Greetings and welcome to a new academic year! The summer months always seem to fly by quickly; and I am hopeful everyone had an opportunity to travel, connect with friends and family, and recharge for another amazing year at Emory. The ORA FY22 academic year concluded with some truly remarkable advances. Over the past year…