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Purple Sheep Frameworks™
Institutional Systems for Research Excellence
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is a signature, fee-based institutional offering designed to strengthen the operational backbone of universities and research enterprises. We partner with institutions to design, implement, and sustain scalable pre-award and post-award research administration frameworks that support compliance, efficiency, and long-term institutional growth.
This is not consulting in fragments.
It is infrastructure by design.
What Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Delivers
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ provides repeatable, high-value institutional systems that move organizations from reactive operations to sustainable, enterprise-ready research administration.
Core Focus Areas
Pre-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Post-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Post-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Enterprise-grade systems that support proposal development, sponsor readiness, and compliance alignment.
- End-to-end pre-award workflow design and optimization
- Proposal lifecycle mapping (concept → submission)
- Sponsor and regulatory readiness alignment
- Role clarity across faculty, departments, and central offices
- SOP development and institutional documentation
Post-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Post-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Post-Award Research Administration Frameworks
Operational structures that ensure stewardship, accountability, and audit resilience.
- Post-award financial management workflows
- Award lifecycle governance (setup → monitoring → closeout)
- Internal controls and compliance infrastructure
- Reporting, monitoring, and risk mitigation systems
- Cross-functional alignment (finance, compliance, PIs, leadership)
Institutional Capacity & Infrastructure Building
Institutional Capacity & Infrastructure Building
Institutional Capacity & Infrastructure Building
Designed to outlast personnel changes and scale with institutional growth.
- Research administration assessments and gap analysis
- Maturity modeling for research operations
- Staffing models and role optimization
- Institutional training pathways
- Change management for complex research environments
Why Purple Sheep Frameworks™
Institutional Capacity & Infrastructure Building
Institutional Capacity & Infrastructure Building
- Framework-driven, not personality-driven
- Built for repeatability, scalability, and institutional adoption
- Grounded in real-world research administration leadership
- Designed to support advanced professional development pathways
- Aligns operational rigor with institutional strategy
Professional Education & Institutional Training
Training Offerings Include
Who Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Is For
Who Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Is For
- Pre-award and post-award operational training
- Leadership education for research administrators
- Compliance-focused workshops aligned to federal expectations
- CPE-aligned professional learning experiences
- Custom institutional training tracks
Who Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Is For
Who Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Is For
Who Purple Sheep Frameworks™ Is For
This offering is designed for institutional and enterprise buyers, including:
- Universities and academic medical centers
- Research-intensive institutions
- Sponsored programs and research administration offices
- Research finance and compliance units
- Senior research leadership
Training is designed to be
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is ideal for organizations that:
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is ideal for organizations that:
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- Practical and applied
- Scalable across departments
Directly aligned to institutional workflows
- Suitable for repeat delivery and future licensing
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is ideal for organizations that:
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is ideal for organizations that:
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ is ideal for organizations that:
- Manage complex research portfolios
- Are preparing for growth, restructuring, or modernization
- Need operational clarity—not theory
- Value durable systems over one-time fixes
Professional Education & CPE-Aligned Training
Purple Sheep Frameworks™ are supported by CPE-aligned professional education designed to reinforce institutional systems, strengthen administrator capacity, and sustain impact beyond implementation.
Offerings are available for individual and departmental purchase and may be taken independently.
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