Event

NCURA's Fourth AI Symposium

Event Details

Where:
San Juan, Puerto Rico

When:
March 21, 2026

Attain Partners is speaking during NCURA’s Fourth AI Symposium, taking place March 21 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Demo Session: A Maturity-Based Approach to Assessing Institutional Capacity for AI Investment
Saturday, March 21 | 1:30p – 1:55p

As artificial intelligence and automation are poised to rapidly reshape research administration, institutions face growing pressure to modernize operations while safeguarding compliance and ensuring data integrity. Many universities, however, lack clarity on where—and how—AI can be effectively applied within research administration. This session introduces an AI Readiness Assessment framework purpose-built for research administration.

The assessment evaluates institutional maturity across critical dimensions such as governance and policy, data readiness, research systems and infrastructure, workforce capabilities, and operational processes spanning the research lifecycle. By applying clear, maturity-based metrics, the framework enables institutions to move beyond isolated pilots and toward coordinated, sustainable AI adoption.

Learning Objectives

Identify how AI readiness metrics can be used to assess institutional maturity and prioritize AI and automation investments within research administration.
Understand how a structured readiness approach reduces implementation risk while supporting compliance, data governance, and responsible AI use.
Apply readiness insights to improve pre- and post-award operations, enhance the researcher experience, and inform a long-term research administration modernization strategy.