Annual Meeting

August 10-13, 2025, Washington DC

Over 2,000 of our 7,000+ members attend. The conference begins with a full day of workshops and senior level seminars which are a supplemental training program open to all registrants of the annual meeting.  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,  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. 

Financial Research Administration (FRA)

March 17 – 18, 2025, San Diego, CA

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 1,000. 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 20 – 21, 2025, San Diego, CA

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 500 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.

US Federal Funding: Maintaining Eligibility in SAM.gov Workshop

Due to our geographical diversity, we will host two identical sessions at different time slots:

January 22, 2025 8:00am US Central / 2:00pm Dublin: register here.

January 22, 2025 4:00pm US Central / January 23, 2025 9:00am Sydney: register here.

Two expert speakers will guide you through the complexities of first-time registration and annual renewal processes for SAM.gov, a critical requirement for applying for US federal funding. This session is designed to demystify the process, address common pitfalls, and provide practical insights.

Sheleza Mohamed serves as the National Director, Governments Grants Administration at the American Heart Association. She has over 20 years of experience in research administration.

Jon Teuber is Consulting Manager, Education and Research at Huron. Jon led research administration teams in higher education and health care organizations for over 25 years.

NCURA members enjoy a discounted registration fee, and the conference is open to all members of the research administration community.

This sessions will be recorded.