Research Councils UK Launch Consolidated Output Collection System
The Research Councils UK launched a new outputs collection system titled “Research Outcomes System (ROS)” on the 24th of November, 2011. The intention of the ROS is to provide a…
Author: Roger Wood
Enhancing Productivity of Federally Sponsored Research – Update
The Research Business Models Working Group’s A21 Task Force has published comments related to its data gathering exercise focused on collecting input into ways the federal government could reduce the cost…
Recovery Board Chairman Retiring
Earl Devaney, chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB), will step down at the end of 2011. As head of the RATB, Devaney is widely credited with establishing…
OMB Approves Fed-wide Real Property Status Report
OMB has approved the Real Property Status Report (RPSR) – SF429 – for government-wide use. Developed by the Grants Policy Committee, whose functions are now subsumed under the newly created…
Keeping Up with DATA
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011 (DATA Act) took a step forward on Wednesday, November 30th. The House Oversight Committee passed the bill, which moves it forward on…
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…
Research Performance Progress Report – US Government
The Research Performance Progress Report (RPRR) will be used by agencies that support research and research-related activities to collect interim progress reports from recipients of Federal grant and cooperative agreement…
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…
Researcher: To Be or Not To Be
Is Researcher a viable career choice today in the US? The success rate for grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) dropped well below the 20% rate to an…