Center for Research Administration & Institutional Excellence
Strengthening research administration. Building institutional capability.
The Center develops research administration professionals and strengthens institutional capability through applied education, professional pathways, and workforce-focused learning.
Learning spans the research enterprise, from foundational practice and sponsored programs to governance, compliance, stewardship, clinical research, and global research administration.
Our Approach
Learning across the Center is grounded in the CODE Framework™—Competence, Oversight, Documentation, and Execution. CODE connects what professionals know with how they exercise judgment, strengthen accountability, document practice, and translate learning into effective execution across the research enterprise.
What You Can Build
- Research administration knowledge and professional judgment
- Operational, financial, governance, and compliance capability
- Leadership and stewardship across research environments
- Institutional capacity for effective and sustainable research operations
Designed For
Emerging and experienced research administrators, research leaders, principal investigators, clinical and academic health research professionals, compliance and sponsored programs professionals, and institutions strengthening research capability.
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