The Research Administration Initiative will establish a streamlined organizational model with clearly defined roles and equitable support systems to enhance the research of faculty's work at Rice. This effort will be accomplished by creating standardized resources, service levels, and a robust training program for research administrators. The transition will be guided by a high-level roadmap outlining the necessary steps for realignment, outlining roles and responsibilities, tracking and reporting for service commitments, and training activation.
Information and decisions made to date as part of the research training initiative can be found on this site.
Project Goals:
Project Timeline:
The project is currently in Phase 4, Research Administration Training Program. This includes several cohorts of research administrators from across campus participating in 10 classes throughout the calendar year.
Project Governance:
Executive Sponsors
Provost Amy Dittmar, Executive Vice President for Operations, Finance & Support Kelly Fox, and Executive Vice President for Research Ramaroorthy Ramesh are the executive sponsors. The three executive sponsors convene, oversee, and provide parameters for the working groups and consider the recommendations provided to them to make final research administration decisions.
| Name | Campus Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Amy Dittmar | Howard R. Hughes Provost |
| Kelly Fox | Executive Vice President Operations, Finance & Support |
| Ramamoorthy Ramesh | Executive Vice President for Research |
Project Leads
Senior Associate Vice President, CFO and Treasurer Katrina Spencer and Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Administration Carlos Garcia are the Project Leads.
| Name | Campus Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Katrina Spencer |
Senior Associate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Carlos Garcia | Associate Vice President for Research Operations and Administration |
Future State Working Group
Working groups consist of subject matter experts from across the Rice community and are being convened to implement the transition roadmap for research administration training effectively.
| Name | Campus Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Aaron Parvis | Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Projects |
| Mickey Stevenson | Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity and Compliance |
| Brad Fralic | Associate Vice President and University Controller |
| Teia Wright | Assistant Controller for Research and Cost Accounting |
| James Hayward | Administrative Director, Interdisciplinary Research Support Office |
| Mauricio Benitez | Associate Vice Provost and Senior Advisor |
| Vicky Nielsen Armstrong | Executive Administrator, Chemistry |
| Caroline Griffin | Research Administrator, Rice Neuroengineering Initiative |
| Chris Rodriguez | Direct of Research Administration, School of Social Sciences |
| Patricia DeLucia | Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Sciences |
| Marica O’Malley | Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Toni Green | Assistant Dean of Finance & Research Administration, George R. Brown School of Engineering |
| Anita Norwig | Assistant Dean of Humanities |