What Is Research Administration?
Research Administration is a profession that is often difficult to explain – we support the research at MIT, and are often involved in:
- Proposal Development (finding & interpreting opportunities and submission guidelines)
- Budgeting and Planning (direct & indirect costs, forecasting, cost sharing, under-recovery, salary limits)
- Communication (proactive and effective, coordinating efforts, networking with colleagues, explaining)
- Project Management (set and manage priorities, manage tasks and timelines, coordinate dependencies)
- Financial Management (payroll distributions, monitor and reconcile charges, budget management, subaward management, closeouts)
- Award Administration (policy Interpretation
- Compliance (Managing Conflicts of Interest, Animal Care, Human Subjects, EHS)
- Student Development
- Systems Development
Why be a Research Administrator at MIT?
- “Big diversity in the type of work done, opportunities to learn new things”
- “Helping people, faculty and researchers, who dream up these great ideas”
- “Seeing inventions from MIT used all over the world and connecting to that personally (how we helped)”
- “Great to work with students”
- “Access to a vast pool of talented individuals; an army of people that will help answer questions”
Some Of The Research Administration Positions At MIT:
Administrative Assistants
Administrative Officers
Contract Administrators
Contract Specialists
Financial Administrators
Financial Analysts
Financial Assistants
Financial Officers
Grants Development Officer
Project Coordinators
Project Managers
Subaward Administrators
Strategic Transaction Officers