Innovation and Results for the Public Sector

Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers

Universities, hospitals, and nonprofits are developing tomorrow’s leaders and conducting critical research. You are shaping America’s future.

Competition to be the best – to make brilliant discoveries – requires you to fight for grants and generate as much research as possible.

But, the recent global economic meltdown has limited available funding – forcing you to reduce program and capital spending. At the same time, the Federal government has infused billions of dollars into the market to support sponsored activities. As a result, general administrative compliance and reporting costs are up. Concurrently, student enrollment and financial aid complexity are climbing.

It's a complicated roadmap, but Attain helps you forge forward. We facilitate the value chain of innovation across your ecosystem – academic medical centers, universities, and research facilities, as well as the Federal agencies that provide critical funding. We understand your challenges and will work closely with you to help improve collaboration, communication, and productivity.

Working at the intersection of innovation and experience, we pride ourselves on helping you realize your quest for innovation. We provide high-impact consulting and strategy, focusing on:

Academic Medical Centers

Financial management and turnaroud, medical school expansion, operational reviews, compensation and productivity, research finance and program planning

Facilities Management

Energy cost reduction and sustainability, operations and maintenance cost recovery, system design and commissioning, capital accounting

F&A Reimbursement and Compliance Services

F&A strategic planning, space functional usage studies, F&A proposal preparation and submission, F&A negotiations assistance, F&A audit support

Grants Management

Research strategic planning and benchmarking, pre- and post-award grants management and deficit resolution, revenue enhancement, time and effort reporting, research management assessments and research collaboration, grant audit support/resolution

IT Services and Business Transformation

IT strategic roadmap and cloud services; ERP (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP) implementation, upgrades, and optimization; business analytics/intelligence; High Performance Computing (HPC) and bioinformatics; data warehousing; IT business transformation; readiness assessments; ERM

Strategic Finance and Risk Management

Strategy planning, capital planning, financial management performance, financial modeling, ratio analysis, business transformation services


Higher Education and Non-Profits
Service Centers: Reinforce Roles & Responsibilities to Achieve Compliance

Check out the January/February issue of NCURA Magazine to read Attain Manager Martin Smith's article on the importance of reviewing service centers to prep for your annual budget process.


Give That Gift Horse Another Look

Stimulus funds for university research can be a mixed blessing. Read Attain's editorial in the December issue of NACUBO's Business Officer magazine and learn how to keep your F&A rates in check.


Attain's Higher Education Services:
Delivering Breakthrough Real Results, Return

Confronted by today's tough financial realities, universities recognize that innovation is the only path forward. At Attain, we provide the bridge to practical advancements.

View Enterprise Transformation Overview

View Grants Management/ F&A Overview


Strategic Financial Analysis for Higher Education
The seventh edition of Strategic Financial Analysis for Higher Education — presented here in an abbreviated version — focuses on strategic financial risks for higher education organizations. It offers insights into implementing an efficient and effective strategic plan and a framework for addressing key financial risks.

To request a copy of the complete edition, please contact Attain Education.

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