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Schedule

Sessions will be organized around two primary themes: 1) Training and professionalization of the research administration workforce and 2) Scalability of research administration infrastructure.

Based on preliminary survey results confirmed breakout sessions include:

  • Research Administration and/or Research Development onboarding and training
  • Building a community of Research Administration and Research Development Professionals
  • Research Development and/or Research Administration hiring issues

Additional session topics will be identified based on input collected from a community survey (https://niu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00x386eGjuNUkUC), but are expected to include issues such as:

  • How to deploy F&A to support efficient administrative infrastructure
  • Non-financial compliance matters
  • Adapting the FDP standard subaward agreement to comply with Illinois requirements for use among IIN Hubs
  • Leveraging resources such as the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Expanded Clearinghouse for institutions that do not participate in FDP
  • Creating or sharing career ladders that would encourage career growth, including how to structure individual roles to optimize performance
  • Potential for interinstitutional sharing of resources related to training or professional development
  • Discussing which administrative functions are most necessary and valuable
  • Exploring how the implementation of regulations differ across the scale of the research enterprise.

Help us make the conference the most useful for our attendees!  Please complete our pre-conference survey by June 15:  https://niu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00x386eGjuNUkUC

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Anna M. Quider
  • Anna M. Quider – The Quider Group – https://www.thequidergroup.com/about-us/ Dr. Anna Quider is Founder and CEO of The Quider Group, a consulting firm that accelerates the people and organizations that are working toward a more equitable, prosperous society through STEM and higher education. Her 15 years of experience include serving as Assistant Vice President for Federal Relations at Northern Illinois University, where she led the national effort to create and prioritize ’emerging research institutions’ in federal law, as well as policy roles at the U.S. Department of State and U.S. House of Representatives. Dr. Quider’s awards include Top 100 Lobbyist from the National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics, Outstanding Achievement Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and two Superior Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of State. She chairs the American Physical Society’s Forum on Physics and Society and serves on the Boards of the Association of Marshall Scholars and Frederick Honors College (University of Pittsburgh). Dr. Quider earned a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Cambridge as well as a B.S. in Physics and Astronomy and a B.A. with dual majors in Religious Studies and the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a UK Marshall Scholar.
Josh Roney
  • Josh Roney – Florida Research Development Alliance (FL-RDA) – https://fl-rda.org/ Dr. Joshua Roney is the Director for Research Development at the University of Central Florida (UCF) with more than 14 years working in the field of Research Development (RD). In addition to leading UCF’s central office RD team, he helped develop and launch a large, complex grant proposal support program, a grant seeking and preparation fundamentals training, and several partner-based initiatives. He is an active volunteer, having served as President of FL-RDA and Professional Development Committee Co-Chair for the National Organization of Research Development (NORDP). Joshua has contributed articles to NORDP and the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), and he is conducting research through NSF-supported projects related to interdisciplinary teaming and early career faculty support. He is a 3-time alumnus of UCF, having earned his Ph.D. in Texts and Technology, M.A. in Technical Communication, and B.A. in English.
Jay Walsh
  • Jay Walsh – Illinois Innovation Network – https://iin.uillinois.edu/ Dr. Jay Walsh became the University of Illinois’ Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation in May 2020. He is a professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Dr. Walsh oversees the Illinois Innovation Network, a collaboration among the state’s 12 public universities that drives inclusive and integrated research, innovation, and economic development across Illinois; he also serves on the executive committee of the Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium, a collaboration among 6 universities in the US and Canada that promotes academic excellence, innovation, research, and education to inclusively enhance the public good for all people and areas of the Great Lakes. Dr. Walsh currently serves on the Board of Directors at MxD, the Board of Governors at Argonne National Laboratory, the Board of Directors for Current, the Board of Visitors for Vanderbilt’s Engineering School, and he chairs the Board of the Chicago Council on Science and Technology. Previously, Dr. Walsh was chair of the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) Board and he served on the Board of Directors at Fermi National Laboratory, the Illinois Governor’s Innovation Council, the Naval Research Advisory Committee, and the U.S. Secretary of Navy Advisory Panel. He was the Northwestern University Vice President for Research from 2007 to 2019. During his tenure, the University’s external sponsored awards grew 91% from $417M in 2007 to $798M in 2019, one of the largest increases of any university in the US during that time period. Dr. Walsh joined Northwestern, in 1988. He was a Professor of Biomedical Engineering. In 1997, he was recognized as the Engineering School’s Teacher of the Year, and in 2005, he was selected as the Advisor of the Year. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and his Ph.D. in medical engineering from a joint Harvard Medical School – MIT program.

Tentative Schedule

A final Conference schedule will be posted here and emailed to you in the Know Before You Go email on July 22nd.

Monday, July 29

10:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration
11:00 am – 1:00 pmKeynote / Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:15 pmBreak
1:15 pm – 2:15 pmBreakout Sessions – Block A
2:15 pm – 2:45 pmBreak
2:45 pm – 3:45 pmBreakout Sessions – Block B
3:45 pm – 4:15 pmAfternoon Break
4:15 pm – 5:15 pmBreakout Sessions – Block C

Tuesday, July 30

7:00 am – 12:00 pmRegistration
8:00 am – 9:30 amBreakfast / Keynote
9:30 am – 9:45 amBreak
9:45 am – 10:45 amBreakout Sessions – Block D
10:45 am – 11:00 amBreak
11:00 am – 12:00 pmBreakout Sessions – Block E
12:00 pm – 1:30 pmLunch / Keynote
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