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…
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Reefer and Research Administration
The word should have been “Reaper” not “Reefer”. I realized this faux pas the other day when I was in a GoToMeeting session and we were having a very lively…
STAR METRICS Comes of Age
The STAR METRICS (Science and Technology for America’s Reinvestment: Measuring the Effect of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness and Science) project grew out of a collaboration between federal agencies and academic institutions…
Yes Ma’am!
A Perspective on Women in Research Compliance As a consultant I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of Research Compliance (IRB and IACUC) offices across the country as…
NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report
Recently, the NIH Clinical Center Directors Annual Report was released by the National Institutes of Health. The NIH Clinical Center is the “world’s largest hospital completely dedicated to clinical research”. …
Melting Pot Outback And Concrete Jungles
Episode 8 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research…
A133 Plague Infects Australia
Final episode of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research…
Tick Tick Tick Your Way To Silence
The holidays come and go with the blink of an eye, each year seemingly faster than the last. Likewise, my work days fly by in a dizzying blur. Blissfully unaware…
Proposal Submission in the Internet Age
Have you ever wondered what happens after the signing official clicks the ‘submit’ button on an electronic proposal submission via Grants.gov? That was essentially the topic of a forum I was…
G’Day NIH
Episode 3 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research…