US FY 2013 Budget Request – NIH To Do More With Flat Budget
The President’s budget request to Congress for FY 2013 will be released shortly and the formal discussions will ensue. The White House released a fact sheet on the budget in advance…
Author: Roger Wood
NIH Update – Administrative Supplements and Complex Projects
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff are taking further steps toward the goal of fully electronic proposal and award management. And, they are focused on making sure that S2S…
Is your Funding Database Service Delivering the Content that you need?
Access to a variety of technologies and the implementation of those technologies by government agencies is changing the needs of those looking for funding. These technologies, such as web services…
NSF to Broadcast their FY 2013 Budget Requests
The US National Science Foundation as announced that they will broadcast their FY 2013 budget request briefing to Congress. The briefing will consist of an overview of NSF’s FY 2013…
Code of Best Practices for use of Copyrighted Research Outputs posted by ARL
The Association of Research Libraries posted their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries to assist libraries in handling a variety of common scenarios in…
NIH Alzheimer’s Research Funding Increase
On Feb 7th, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that in FY 2012, $50 million in current research support will be re-directed to focus on Alzheimer’s disease and…
Wellcome Trust Announces New Funding Opportunity Scheme
On February 6th, 2012, the Wellcome Trust announced that it will be accepting applications for its new funding scheme focused on orphan and neglected diseases, the Pathfinder Awards. The overarching…
US Government Telework Progress – and Telework Week
I wrote recently about the efforts – especially within the US Federal government – to encourage teleworking. There are a few federal agencies that have excelled at establishing teleworking as…
Measuring Impact of Publications sans Journals
Most of you are familiar with the concept that research findings are publicized via an industry vetted journal. The standard scheme is to publish in the most prestigious journal possible,…
Can Teleworking Work for Your Office?
I wrote recently about hoteling, the concept of having fewer desks than staff reflecting the reality that not all staff are in the office all the time and being space…