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Meetings & Conferences

Education Meetings & Conferences

Meetings & Conferences

NCURA Offers Three National Meetings Each Year

  • Annual Meeting of the Membership 
  • Financial Research Administration Conference
  • Pre-Award Research Administration Conference

There's nothing like a face-to-face conference to recharge your batteries, fuel your creativity, and renew your sense of mission. NCURA’s annual conferences are must-attend events when you’re seeking to gain new knowledge, expand your professional network, and strengthen your connection to the research community.

Join your peers at NCURA conferences. You’ll find engaging learning experiences in a variety of formats, encounter diverse perspectives, and explore new ways to lead and manage the research endeavors at your institution.

NCURA's training, conferences, and workshops welcome participants from every background, institution, and region. Our professional development opportunities remain accessible to everyone who seeks to learn, share, and advance in research administration.

 

Annual Meeting of the Membership

August 1-4, 2026: New York City, NY

Registration for the 68th Annual Meeting will open in April 2026.

Future Locations and Dates: 

August 1-4, 2027: Washington, DC

The Annual Meeting of the Membership is held annually during the summer. Over 2,000 of our 9,000+ members attend. We begin with a full day of workshops and senior level seminars which are a supplemental training program open to all registrants of the annual meeting. This in-depth, targeted training and professional development includes offerings for those new to the profession to our most senior level members.

We then embark on two and a half days of presentations, discussions, open forums and networking opportunities spanning all areas of research administration including, but not limited to, Pre-Award, Post-Award, Compliance, Departmental, Intellectual Property, Contracts, International, Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions, Electronic Research Administration, and Medical Center/Hospital Issues. Attending the annual meeting gives our members the opportunity to participate in sessions over a full range of topics to support their need for information in a variety of areas. This annual reunion of the membership also includes our Sunday dinner, Tuesday evening event, dinner groups, regional networking events, and numerous volunteer activities that create the opportunities for you to meet and connect with your colleagues and create your peer network. In addition to the education and networking opportunities the annual meeting of the membership provides, our sponsor and exhibitor partners will be available to share information on the products and services to support you and your institution.

 

Financial Research Administration(FRA)

March 19 & 20, 2026: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Registration for the 27th Annual FRA Conference is now open.

Future Locations and Dates: 

March 15 & 16, 2027: New Orleans, LA

March 20 & 21, 2028: Honolulu, HI

 
The community of those engaged in the financial administration for research was brought together in 2000 for a special topic conference on post-award issues. This community has come together each year since then for their own conference which has grown from 300 participants in the year 2000 to over 1,300 in 2024. This conference travels to a new location each year and is held between February and late March. NCURA members enjoy a discounted registration fee, and the conference is open to all members of the research administration community.
 

Pre-Award Research Administration(PRA)

March 22 & 23, 2026: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Registration for the 20th Annual PRA Conference is now open.
Future Locations and Dates: 

March 18 & 19, 2027: New Orleans, LA

March 23 & 24, 2028: Honolulu, HI

 
In 2006, the NCURA Board of Directors unanimously agreed to offer a Pre-Award Research Administration (PRA) Conference. The vision for this conference is to create an annual PRA Conference complimenting the existing FRA (Financial Research Administration) annual conference. This conference of over 700 participants travels to a new location each year and is held back to back with the FRA conference noted above. NCURA members enjoy a discounted registration fee, and the conference is open to all members of the research administration community.