Albert Choi
@modernresearch.bsky.social
Founder, Modern Research
Building tools to accelerate the pace of research
#AcademicSky
https://www.modernresear.ch
Building tools to accelerate the pace of research
#AcademicSky
https://www.modernresear.ch
Trump administration restores research grants to UCLA following federal judge’s order
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October 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Interested 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!
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-llms-in-research
Check out our guide, and let us know if you have any questions!
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-llms-in-research
Getting Started with LLMs in Research Administration: A Step-by-Step Guide
A comprehensive roadmap for research administrators to implement AI tools effectively, from setup to advanced integration
modernresearch.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Interested 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!
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-llms-in-research
Check out our guide, and let us know if you have any questions!
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/getting-started-with-llms-in-research
In 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.
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
In 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.
Just 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
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-primer
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-primer
September 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just 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
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-primer
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/llm-primer
A new potential can of worms waiting to be opened. The focus regarding
university research must be on supporting the public good
university research must be on supporting the public good
Exclusive: U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says
The administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
A new potential can of worms waiting to be opened. The focus regarding
university research must be on supporting the public good
university research must be on supporting the public good
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Scientists: 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. https://bit.ly/4njJfhw
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. https://bit.ly/4njJfhw
September 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Scientists: 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. https://bit.ly/4njJfhw
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. https://bit.ly/4njJfhw
"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...
- @labonnelab.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...
U.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.
www.statnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"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...
- @labonnelab.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/09/02/h...
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/coming-soon
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!
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!
Welcome to Modern Research
Research Administration for a Modern World
modernresearch.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
https://modernresearch.substack.com/p/coming-soon
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!
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!
Reposted by Albert Choi
Starting to prep for #StandUpForScience2025… this sign is for all of us in support functions at research institutions nationwide..,
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Starting to prep for #StandUpForScience2025… this sign is for all of us in support functions at research institutions nationwide..,
Waiting 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.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Waiting 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.com/spreadsheets...
Reposted by Albert Choi
As 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...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
Grad Admission Impacts Survey
It 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...
docs.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
As 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...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼🔬🧑🔬
Reposted by Albert Choi
Studies 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.
February 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Studies 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.
Reposted by Albert Choi
To 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/4dnvDi9
Research Administrators
Join the conversation
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February 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
To 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/4dnvDi9
Reposted by Albert Choi
New essay on NIH and indirect costs:
goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...
goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...
Indirect 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:
goodscience.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New essay on NIH and indirect costs:
goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...
goodscience.substack.com/p/indirect-c...
Reposted by Albert Choi
New story in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
February 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New story in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...