Announcing the 2003 recipient of the Rod Rose Award for best paper of the year.

For 34 years, The Journal of Research Administration, whose goal is to expand the knowledge and tools of research administration, has given research administrators a means to exchange ideas and provided a vehicle for new voices in the profession. Rod Rose was the first part time director of SRA and, as chair of the publications committee, produced the first edition of the Journal, then named the Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, in July 1969. To recognize the authors of articles and draw greater attention to the Journal, the SRA board established a cash award program in 1973 to honor the best paper published in the Journal each year.

The article chosen for the Rod Rose Award for best paper this year is "The Research Administrator as Servant-Leader," by Pam Krauser, director of Electronic Research Administration at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Krauser developed the paper as a result of her interest in organizational behavior and originally presented it as a contributed paper at the 2002 SRA International annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. The winning paper was published in volume 34, issue 1 of The Journal of Research Administration.

Ms. Krauser's current responsibilities include management of sponsored electronic systems, in addition to proposal review and submission. Her previous experience in research administration also includes non-financial post-award work. Ms. Krauser received her MBA from the University of Notre Dame. She is chair of the education committee for SPA and has given numerous presentations for both SRA and NCURA.