National Council of University Research Administrators

NCURA, founded in 1959, is an organization of individuals with professional interests in the administration of sponsored programs (research, education and training), primarily at colleges and universities.

The formation of NCURA (1958–1960)

The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) was initiated in 1958 to aid in the evolution of the profession of Research Administration from that of a part-time job performed by persons with other primary duties into that of a full-time profession with specific requirements. NCURA has been the premier professional association for university research administrators since that time. [1]

Governance

The Council is governed by the Board of Directors, consisting of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past President, Executive Director, seven regional elected representatives, four at-large members, and up to three presidential appointments.

Presidents

1967 William Wheadon, Syracuse University

1968 Donald Murray, University of Pennsylvania

1969 Raymond Woodrow, Princeton University

1970 Sidney Roth, New York University

1971 George R. Holcomb, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1972 David Bacon, Stanford University

1973 John F. Adams, Georgia State University

1974 Clark A. Mccartney, University of Southern California

1975 Perry B. Hendricks, Jr., Pacific Lutheran University

1976 Eric R. Rude, University of Wisconsin

1977 Harold B. Hunnicutt, Arizona State University

1978 Margery E. Hoppin, University of Iowa

1979 Truman F. Cook, Southern Methodist University

1980 Dennis W. Barnes, University of Virginia

1981 Frederick Sudermann, Wichita State University

1982 Anthony Merritt, University of Pennsylvania

1983 Mark Elder, University of Oklahoma

1984 Edward L. Maccordy, Washington University

1985 Earl J. Freise, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

1986 Mary Ellen Sheridan, Binghamton University

1987 Allen J. Sinisgalli, Princeton University

1988 Julie T. Norris, University of Houston

1989 Jane A. Youngers, University of Rochester

1990 Frederick Bentley II, Stanford University

1991 Stephen Erickson, Harvard University

1992 Ardis M. Savory, University of South Carolina

1993 Henry O. Hooper, Northern Arizona University

1994 Steven H. Smartt, Vanderbilt University

1995 Richard P. Seligman, University of California, Los Angeles

1996 Kim Moreland, University of Kansas

1997 Steve Hansen, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

1998 Mary Husemoller, University of Nevada, Reno

1999 Cheryl Lee Howard, The Johns Hopkins University

2000 Nancy Wilkinson, Emory University

2001 Regina H. White, University of Vermont

2002 John Case, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2003 Robert J. Killoren, Jr., Pennsylvania State University

2004 Patrick W. Fitzgerald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005 Jerry Fife, Vanderbilt University

2006 Laura Wade, University of Houston

2007 Pamela Whitlock, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

2008 David Mayo, California Institute of Technology

2009 Denise Clark, University of Maryland, College Park

2010 Dave Richardson, Pennsylvania State University

2011 Judy Fredenberg, University of Montana [2]

2012 Dan Nodquist, Washington State University

2013 Patricia Hawk, Oregon State University

2014 Vivian Holmes, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

2015 Michelle Vazin, Vanderbilt University

2016 Robert Andersen, University of Wisconsin Madison

2017 Barbara Gray, East Carolina University

2018 Georgette Sakamoto, University of Hawaii

2019 Anthony Ventimiglia, Auburn University

Activities

The NCURA Annual Meeting is a meeting of the NCURA membership. The meeting is a three-day program of concurrent, sessions, discussion groups, and plenary sessions with an additional one to one and a half days of intensive workshops. [3]

NCURA sponsors four on-campus workshops: Fundaments, Financial Research Administration, Departmental Research Administration, and Sponsored Projects Administration II—to travel to campuses across the country and world. [4]

Publications

NCURA Magazine is a member only magazine available both in print and online for all NCURA members, published 6 times a year .[5]

Research Management Review is a scholarly journal, concerned with issues affecting the administration of research and the research environment at the national and international levels. [6]

Membership

Regular membership is available for individuals engaged in administration of sponsored programs in a university or research institution. Associate membership is Available to other individuals whose work is related to the administration of such programs. Emeritus membership is available after their retirement to those who have been members for five years. There are also student affiliates. [7]

Regions

NCURA’s members are organized into eight geographically based regions.

References

1. Howard Wile, "Twenty-Five Years: A History of the National Council of University Research Administrators" in NCURA: The Second Twenty-five years
2. Past presidents
3. Conferences
4. On-campus workshops
5. http://www.ncura.edu/content/news/
6. Research Management Review (RMR)

External links

• [www.ncura.edu organization web site[