tag: Research administration
Past Event
April 13, 2026
AI Adoption in Research Administration at Emerging Research Institutions
Research administration is becoming more complex each year. In the past decade, federal agencies have introduced more than 200 new or revised policies affecting research administration, while philanthropy and private funding add additional compliance expectations. For Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs), these pressures are especially difficult to manage with limited staffing and infrastructure. In a webinar organized by Atom Grants, Ruby MacDougall and Dylan Ruediger will share findings from two workshops supported by the National Science Foundation’s GRANTED program and…
Blog Post
March 30, 2026
AI in Research Administration at Emerging Research Institutions
An Issue Brief from NSF GRANTED Workshops
Research administration has grown increasingly complex over the past two decades, and the introduction of AI has only exacerbated this. Expanding regulatory requirements, shifting funding landscapes, rising numbers of proposals, and constrained staffing resources have made research administration more demanding. For emerging research institutions, these pressures compound existing structural challenges in building research operations capable of securing and sustaining funding. As generative AI tools have rapidly entered the market, accompanied by promises of increased efficiency, research offices at emerging research…