INORMS Awards for Excellence in Research Management Leadership
In 2018, the INORMS Council created the INORMS Awards for Excellence in Research Management Leadership to raise awareness of the Research Management and Administration (RMA) profession and celebrate the achievements of leaders in our field.
Award winners are not only leaders in their own countries but leaders internationally. They are RMA professionals who have made substantial contributions to and advanced the understanding of the profession, who have shared their knowledge around the world and raised the profile of RMA outside our community.
INORMS Awards for Excellence in Research Management Leadership 2025
The INORMS Awards for Excellence in Research Management Leadership recognize outstanding examples of research management leaders who have made substantial contributions to the research management profession internationally.
2023 award winners
– Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)
Campbell Thompson
– Canadian Association of Research Managers and Administrators (CARA)
Frances Chandler
– European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA)
Doris Alexander
– National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
David Richardson
– Research Manager and Administrator Network Japan (RMAN-J)
Miyuki Inagaki
– Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA)
Pamisha Pillay
– Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI)
Floris van der Leest
2021 award winners
– Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA, UK)
Elizabeth Gadd
– Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)
Ren Yi
– Canadian Association of Research Managers and Administrators (CARA)
David Phipps
– Danish Association of Research Managers and Administrators (DARMA)
John Westensee
– European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA)
Ragnar Lie
– Icelandic Association for Research Managers and Administrators (ICEARMA)
Ásta Sif Erlingsdóttir
– National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
Robert Andresen
– Norwegian Network for Administration and Research Management (NARMA)
Nina Sindre
– Research Manager and Administrator Network Japan (RMAN-J)
Makiko Takahashi
– Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA)
Emilia Afonso Nhalevilo
– Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI)
Debra Schaller-Demers
2018 award winners
– Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA, UK) joint with Society of Research Administrators International (SRAI)
Ian Carter
– Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS)
Michael Khor
– Canadian Association of Research Managers and Administrators (CARA)
Katie Porter
– Danish Association of Research Managers and Administrators (DARMA)
Annedorte Vad
– European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA)
Frank Heemskerk
– Finnish Association of Research Managers and Advisors (Finn-ARMA)
Ilkka Virtanen
– Icelandic Association for Research Managers and Administrators (ICEARMA)
Greta Bjork
– National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
Denise Clark
– Norwegian Network for Administration and Research Management (NARMA)
Vibeke Helen Moe
– Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association (SARIMA)
Jose Jackson-Malete
– West African Research and Innovation Management Association (WARIMA)
Olufemi Adebisi Bamiro