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View the on campus profile of international colleagues:

Tony Eastham, Acting VP for Research & Development, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Scott Kiel-Chisholm
, Project Manager, Queensland University of Technology
Michael McArdle, Director, Office of Research, Queensland University of Technology (Australia)Opens in New Window



View the transcript of the recent online chat The International Dimensions of Contracting, IP and Tech Transfer

This International Neighborhood website is dedicated to providing a broad and thoughtful range of professional material and information NCURA members want to see included in a web-based international resource. With this in mind, NCURA’s Commission on International Research Administration – the group behind the development of this Neighborhood – has built the site around several themes. Below is an overview of what you will discover at this, the newest of NCURA’s Neighborhoods.

First, we hope the section titled Public Square will provide a meaningful venue where NCURA members can communicate observations, raise questions, offer opinion, and share best practices around the broad domain that is international research administration. For the International Neighborhood Wiktor M. Kurzeja (President) and Paul Craven (Vice President) of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) – have shared a thoughtful Welcoming Message. The International Neighborhood will regularly offer such commentary by fellow research administrators and managers located in the USA and other countries.

Second, the International Resources portion of the Neighborhood provides valuable links to a comprehensive directory of domestic and international organizations that impact the work of research administrators around the world. Each link includes a brief descriptive narrative outlining the mission of each organization included in the directory. This depth and breadth of information is absolutely essential for NCURA members to use this resource with ease and confidence. This directory is possibly the best of its kind available to the international community of research administrators. If you have international web addresses that might be included in this section, please send them to John Carfora who manages this section of the Neighborhood.

Third, the Events section of the website includes a complete list of NCURA events traditionally appearing in each of NCURA’s Neighborhood websites. Perhaps the best way to locate internationally hosted conferences, meetings, workshops and professional development courses is to visit specific websites of host organizations in the International Resources section. For example, if you click on European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) it provides a range of training and continuing professional development opportunities offered throughout Europe. Likewise, if you click on the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) you can locate information on the forthcoming Congress – titled Exploring Similarities: National and International Research Management and Administration – that will convene in Liverpool (UK) 16-19 June 2008. NCURA is a member of the INORMS Network.

Fourth, the Library section includes a list of professional resources essential to any growing library of value to international research administrators. This on-line library will, of course, need to grow – which is our intention – so please share valuable resources with colleagues by sending them to Phillip Myers, who will manage this portion of the Neighborhood.

The fifth component of the Neighborhood is titled Career Center, which includes professional opportunities on file with the National Council of University Research Administrators. Similar opportunities can be found by visiting specific host organizations in the International Resources section.

Though new resources may be added in the future, this is where we start. Please let us know your thinking, but first please remember to join the International Neighborhood listserv by completing the box to the left. Welcome!

Sincerely,

International Commission Members

John Carfora, Chair
Director of Sponsored Research
Amherst College
Email jcarfora@amherst.edu

James Casey
Director of Contracts and Industrial Agreements
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Email james.casey@utsa.edu

F. Edward Herran
Director, Office of Sponsored Projects
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Email herranf@mskcc.org

Stephen Jerrams
Head of Research, Directorate of Research and Enterprise
Dublin Institute of Technology
Email stephen.jerrams@dit.ie

Robert Killoren
Associate Vice President for Research
The Ohio State University
Email killoren.2@osu.edu

David Mayo
Director of Sponsored Research
California Institute of Technology
Email david.mayo@caltech.edu

Phillip Myers
Executive Director of the Western Kentucky Research Foundation
and Director
Office for Sponsored Programs
Western Kentucky University
Email phillip.myers@wku.edu

Denise Wallen
Special Assistant to the Vice Provost for Research
University of New Mexico
Email wallen@unm.edu

International Neighborhood Subcommittee

James Casey, Chair
Director of Contracts and Industrial Agreements
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Email james.casey@utsa.edu

Christine Bothe
Dartmouth College
Email christine.bothe@dartmouth.edu

John Carfora
Director of Sponsored Research
Amherst College
Email jcarfora@amherst.edu

Delia Gallinaro
Sam Houston State University
Email rgs_dxg@shsu.edu

Steve Jerrams
Dublin Institute of Technology
Email stephen.jerrams@dit.ie

Karin Johnson
University of Washington
Email kejohnso@u.washington.edu

Francois Lemire
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Email flemire@wpi.edu

Ted Mordhorst
University of Washington
Email tedm2@u.washington.edu

Phillip Myers
Western Kentucky University
Email phillip.myers@wku.edu

Sihn Simmons
University of Washington
Email ssimmons@u.washington.edu

Janet Simons
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Email jsimons@umaryland.edu

Denise Wallen
The University of New Mexico
Email wallen@unm.edu