Presentation Summary
Universities today face increasing pressure to manage grants and research projects efficiently while ensuring compliance with strict regulatory and financial requirements. This session delves into the critical considerations for establishing an effective Grant and Project Management framework within higher education institutions. It will explore how universities can streamline the lifecycle of grants—from proposal to closeout—while improving the management of research projects.
Key topics include optimising fund allocation, monitoring expenditures, maintaining compliance with regulatory standards, and ensuring real-time visibility into project performance. We'll discuss best practice in leveraging analytics tools to provide powerful insights, allowing universities to track project progress, forecast outcomes, and manage multiple funding sources with ease. In addition, we will examine how automated workflows and AI-driven recommendations can enhance grant application, approval processes, and cost control, ultimately driving accountability and transparency.
Meet the Speaker
Kaushika Jayalath
Solutions Consultant - Higher Education, Oracle
Kaushika is an experienced Solutions Consultant at Oracle Corporation specialising in higher education, implementing cloud technology solutions to drive enterprise transformations and sustainable change management.
Passionate about bridging the national digital skills gap, Kaushika is an industry mentor and guest speaker at Monash University and Swinburne University, and has previously held a series of senior finance, accounting, business analysis and project management roles.
