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Angelman Syndrome Foundation solicits applications The Angelman Syndrome Foundation announces the availability of up to $1,000,000 (USD) to be awarded in support of research on Angelman syndrome. Angelman syndrome is…
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Dissemination of Funding Opportunity Details
Information dissemination, public awareness, or communication… these are all concepts that every organization struggles with, large or small. Some do it better than others, but some have more resources at…
NIH Focus on Funding Smaller Research Programs
Last month, NIH announced some changes to its AREA (Academic Research Enhancement Award) Program, which is focused on funding small scale research projects at institutions with less intensive research programs.…
SPIN Update Announced at SRA Conference
At the Annual SRA Meeting and Conference last month the new, soon to be released, InfoEd SPIN Funding Opportunities Solution was on display and demonstrated to an eager research administration…
NIH Clinical Center: A Resource for Extramural Researchers?
Back in December 2010, the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) released a report stating that the NIH Clinical Center is in a prime position to provide a critical resource to…
The Virtualization of Research Collaboration
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than an actual) version of something. The term ‘virtualization’ originated in the computing world and has come to represent the creation of…
Taking Advantage of Modern Full-Text Search Engines
Hopefully, many of you have seen and utilized the recently launched SPIN QS funding opportunity search engine. One of the primary goals of that initiative was to implement a truly…
NIH Announces Medical Research Scholars Program
The United States National Institutes of Health has launched a new Medical Research Scholars program that will begin approximately one year from now. The program will represent a collaborative effort…
NSF Funds Public/Private Partnerships to Identify Entrepreneurial Qualities in Research
On July 28th, 2011, the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a new funding program titled Innovation Corps, or “I-Corps”. The I-Corps program will provide up to 100 grants…
Finding Greater Opportunities among Fewer Opportunities
Earlier this month, the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, posted a notice in the Federal Register that it would be withdrawing its Notices Inviting Applications for New…