Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025www.foxla.com/news/trump-a... Good news for vital research at UCLA #RAdminSkyfoxla.comTrump administration restores research grants to UCLA following federal judge’s order 010 1
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Interested in integrating AI into your research administration workflow but just not sure where to start? Check out our guide, and let us know if you have any questions! modernresearch.substack.com/p/getti…modernresearch.substack.comGetting Started with LLMs in Research Administration: A Step-by-Step GuideA comprehensive roadmap for research administrators to implement AI tools effectively, from setup to advanced integration 100 1
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2025In speaking with those all over the academic landscape, it’s clear that everyone has complaints in how grant finances are managed. PIs are in the dark, admins lack proper tools to manage their work, and central offices have minimal data for decision making. This is solvable- and well worth solving. 010 1
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Just wrote a post about LLMs in research administration, and it’s amazing how much they can streamline things. From grant proposals to summarizing docs, it’s a new toolbox for productivity. Let us know if you’ve found them helpful so far! #RAdminSky modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-p… 000 0
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 11/09/2025A new potential can of worms waiting to be opened. The focus regarding university research must be on supporting the public goodaxios.comExclusive: U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick saysThe administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists. 010 1
Reposted by Albert ChoiInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 04/09/2025Scientists: Now Is the Time to Overhaul Federal Research Regulations A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine lays out options for federal research agencies to reduce regulatory burdens at a time when Trump is calling for deregulation. bit.ly/4njJfhw 001 1
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025"When governments politicize science, the damage ripples outward — shrinking innovation capacity, degrading higher education quality, and eroding a country’s economic future." - @labonnelab.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...statnews.comU.S. science and universities are becoming political hostages in the Orbánization of knowledge“The fight for science and universities is, at its core, a fight for democracy itself,” writes Carole LaBonne. 021 2
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025modernresearch.substack.com/p/comin… We just launched a new Substack all about the intersection of tech and research administration. The goal is to help future-proof our field with guides on things like AI, new tools, and optimizing workflows. Let us know what you think!modernresearch.substack.comWelcome to Modern ResearchResearch Administration for a Modern World 020 2
Reposted by Albert ChoiKara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Starting to prep for #StandUpForScience2025… this sign is for all of us in support functions at research institutions nationwide.., 1365 36
Albert Choi @modernresearch.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Waiting for NIH grant news with the current ambiguity around funding? Someone started a spreadsheet to track which study sections are actually meeting: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.com2025 Study section tracking 081 8
Reposted by Albert ChoiRosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots. If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬docs.google.comGrad Admission Impacts SurveyIt is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu... 8260266 266
Reposted by Albert ChoiDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/02/2025Studies show that funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) contributed to 354 of 356 drugs (99.4%) approved by the FDA from 2010 to 2019. Recklessly slashing NIH funding will mean that patients will be waiting much longer for life-saving treatments. 341600599 1.6K
Reposted by Albert Choidsdroc.bsky.social @dsdroc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025To any Research Admin friends on bluesky - shout out to Marshall Chaifetz for creating this group, which will make it easier to share news than individually. go.bsky.app/4dnvDi9go.bsky.appResearch AdministratorsJoin the conversation 0278 27
Reposted by Albert ChoiStuart Buck @stuartbuck.bsky.social · 08/02/2025New essay on NIH and indirect costs: goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...goodscience.substack.comIndirect Costs at NIH . . .I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night: 09358 93
Reposted by Albert ChoiStuart Buck @stuartbuck.bsky.social · 23/02/2025New story in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 063 6