The DATA Act is 1 Year Old – The Fun Starts Today
Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the first salvo in the implementation of the DATA Act, discussed in a post by David Mader. Released today were 15 of…
Author: Roger Wood
NIH Seeks Ideas to Maximize Research Impact
Seeking input to improve research impact, NIH published Notice NOT-OD-15-084 this week. With input from the community on its funding policies, NIH hopes to improve the impact and sustainability of the…
Participate in the Strategic Visioning at NIH-NHLBI
The focus of this strategic visioning exercise is on scientific direction of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s research program over the coming decade. As research administrators, its good for…
What’s Good for the Goose…
May or may not be good for the gander. At least that’s sort of what the University of California, San Francisco’s vice chancellor for research is saying when it comes to…
COFAR Opens Survey on Impacts of Uniform Guidance
Consistent with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-14-17 published September 30, 2014, OMB has opened a survey for non-Federal stakeholders to provide feedback on the impact of Uniform Guidance and…
Crowdfunding Research
The US federal share of research funding is significantly less than it has been historically. Entrepreneurial scientists are finding other solutions – including crowdfunding research. In some ways, crowdfunding research is…
Looking back – 2014 Grants Administration in Review
If there is a single overarching – some would say overwhelming – topic for grants administrators in 2014, it would have to be Uniform Guidance. Published December 26, 2013 and…
Surprise! US Congress Passes Legislation
In a surprise move this week, both the Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation that is on its way to the White House – and that is likely to…
Big Data – Consumers or Consumed?
Big data is here and the question is whether we will consume it, or it will consume us? Likely, the answer will be a bit of both. The dystopian view…
COFAR Posts Video of 10/2/14 Webcast
Video from the October 2, 2014 COFAR webcast on Uniform Guidance, Uniform Guidance Implementation A Conversation Presented by the Council on Financial Assistance Reform, has been posted on the COFAR…