Amazing insights! Great to see researchers still pumping out valuable results in this turbulent time

Research institutes are such an economic lifeblood for America’s interior, but more than just that, they’re a big part of pushing our country forward #HigherEd

At least when it comes to research selection, it’s critically important to ensure that funds are solely distributed based on the merit and impacts of proposed work. With less research dollars distributed than we’ve seen in quite some time, we have to make sure they’re used in the most impactful way

Universities are definitely feeling the squeeze. Not only is the money held up, but support resources are as well, making proposing and managing existing awards much more difficult #AcademicSky

Trump administration restores research grants to UCLA following federal judge’s order

www.foxla.com/news/trump-a...

Good news for vital research at UCLA #RAdminSky

#AcademicSky

Getting Started with LLMs in Research Administration: A Step-by-Step Guide A comprehensive roadmap for research administrators to implement AI tools effectively, from setup to advanced integration

Interested in integrating AI into your research administration workflow but just not sure where to start?

Check out our guide, and let us know if you have any questions!

modernresearch.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-l...

In speaking with those all over the academic landscape, it’s clear that everyone has complaints in how grant finances are managed. PIs are in the dark, admins lack proper tools to manage their work, and central offices have minimal data for decision making. This is solvable- and well worth solving.

It’s great to hear that some funding is returning, but to boost long-term support for research, we’ve got to increase public enthusiasm for the important work universities do, and we’ve got to enhance our ability to manage the money we have to make us more resilient. Not out of the woods yet!

Just wrote a post about LLMs in research administration, and it’s amazing how much they can streamline things. From grant proposals to summarizing docs, it’s a new toolbox for productivity. Let us know if you’ve found them helpful so far! #RAdminSky

https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-primer

Exclusive: U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says The administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.

A new potential can of worms waiting to be opened. The focus regarding
university research must be on supporting the public good

Really inspiring stuff. Another testament to university research in action and why financial support for it is so critical!

Stacks of files getting taller each with a magnifying glass sitting on them.

Scientists: Now Is the Time to Overhaul Federal Research Regulations

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine lays out options for federal research agencies to reduce regulatory burdens at a time when Trump is calling for deregulation. https://bit.ly/4njJfhw

U.S. science and universities are becoming political hostages in the Orbánization of knowledge “The fight for science and universities is, at its core, a fight for democracy itself,” writes Carole LaBonne.

"When governments politicize science, the damage ripples outward — shrinking innovation capacity, degrading higher education quality, and eroding a country’s economic future."

- @labonnelab.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...

Welcome to Modern Research Research Administration for a Modern World

https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/coming-soon

We just launched a new Substack all about the intersection of tech and research administration. The goal is to help future-proof our field with guides on things like AI, new tools, and optimizing workflows. Let us know what you think!

Protest sign reading I am an indirect cost and I vote

Starting to prep for #StandUpForScience2025… this sign is for all of us in support functions at research institutions nationwide..,

2025 Study section tracking

Waiting for NIH grant news with the current ambiguity around funding? Someone started a spreadsheet to track which study sections are actually meeting:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Grad Admission Impacts Survey It is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu...

As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots.

If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments.

Research Administrators Join the conversation

To any Research Admin friends on bluesky - shout out to Marshall Chaifetz for creating this group, which will make it easier to share news than individually. go.bsky.app/4dnvDi9

Indirect Costs at NIH . . . I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:

New essay on NIH and indirect costs:
goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...

New story in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...