1. Professional Development
Presented by Ahaz Kulanga, MBA
November,

2. Strategic Issues: 4) Professional Development
Objectives:
1) Identify and fill gaps that exist in research administration as a profession.
Developed tools for professional development to focus on; RA Skills/Competencies
RA Employee Demographics
RA Professional Affiliations
RA Organizational Climate
RA profession:
RA Budget
Local Research Climate
Academic Institution Climate
RA Staffing
Build excellence and professionalism in the career of research administration in order to eventually nurture a professional identity.
Ongoing

3. Strategies / Activities
Develop a pathway for establishing guidelines for research administration as a profession.
ongoing
Set benchmarks and standards for research administration as a profession.
Analyze strategies developed in workshops
Organize professional trainings, attachments, and mentorships for Research Administrators.
2010 workshops and South-South mentorship
e.g. MUJHU- KEMRI
Moi University- Mbarara

4. Strategies / Activities (cont’d)
Recognize exemplary performance per association guidelines and benchmarks.
Ongoing more in the future
Facilitate the provision of grant application courses and production of grant applications by members.
Ongoing
Provide regular meetings and trainings on the current trends and opportunities in global health research administration in order to develop competencies and share best practices.
Ongoing mostly at individual institutions level

5. Outcomes / Results (long-term, mid-term, and short-term), (1)
A Research Administrators guideline
In the future
Report on identified gaps
Mentors and attachment sites identified
A critical mass of well trained Research Administrators in Africa

6. Means of Verification Meetings Number of attachments Number of mentors
Number of trained Research Administrators
Number of awards

7. Responsibility
Training and development subcommittee and Professional Development working group

8. Means of verification Meetings Number of attachments Number of mentors
Number of trained Research Administrators
Number of awards

9. Conclusion
Feedback?
We are on track and everything is very depended on the environmental scan

10. Thank you!!!!!!