NIH Regional Seminars – 2012
Registration is open for the 2012 NIH Regional Seminars. Roger Wood, InfoEd Global Sr. Product Manager will be in Indianapolis and Washington, DC for these meetings. If you would like…
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Research Performance Progress Report – PHS Implementation
The Office of Management and Budget and Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a policy memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies on April 21, 2010, establishing…
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…
GAO Reports – There’s an app for that!
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) launched a new iPhone/iPad app this week, that links to mobile versions of its reports, congressional testimony, podcasts and videos. For research administrators who…
Publishers Opposing Federally Mandated Public Access to Research Outputs
Yesterday, March 5th 2012, the Association of American Publishers announced that 81 US publishers are opposing a new bill in both houses of Congress that would mandate all research findings…
US NSF Financial Conflicts of Interest
Just when you thought you were getting a handle on National Institutes of Health’s new FCOI policy… The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting comment on their proposal to…
OMB Publishes FR Notice on Grants Management Revisions
Today’s Federal Register includes the Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance from the Office of Management and Budget requesting public input on the ideas proposed to make the oversight of Federal funds…
HR 3699 “Research Works Act” Loses All Support
On February 27th, 2012, Elsevier announced its intention to drop support for the controversial “Research Works Act”, intended on limited public access to federally funded research outputs. Only hours afterwards,…
Public Access – the Debate Continues
In the US today, publishing powerhouse Elsevier changed course and withdrew its support of HR 3699, the Research Works Act, introduced by Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)…
NIH Provides Funding Distribution by Disease or Condition
NIH has posted their estimated funding amounts distribution since FY 2008 and projected through FY 2013 here. They have broken the funding down into 233 distinct categories, and include a…