What’s going on with STEM Education in the US?
In April, as part of the Obama Administration’s 2014 budget request, President Obama proposed reorganizing how we would spend roughly $3.1 billion in STEM education programs. The stated goal of…
Author: Roger Wood
“What’s in a name?” Indirect Costs, or F&A – Under Review
Shakespeare’s Juliet and Isaac Asimov are among the many who have posed the question previously in various contexts – although neither were considering indirect costs on research awards. Is the National Institutes…
NSF Holds the Line with Congress on Peer Review
As discussed here previously, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, requested “access to the scientific/technical reviews and the Program Officers…
The Politics of Peer Review
NSF, and the Scientific Peer Review System, Under Congressional Scrutiny In April 2013, in the course of hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Rep.…
Data Just Want to be Free
Thursday, the White House moved to make US government data more accessible to the public. President Obama signed an executive order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to…
NIH Announces Fiscal Policy for FY2013 Awards
NIH posted NOT-OD-13-064 today via the NIH Guide, which provides information on funding levels for federal FY 2013. From that notice: FY 2013 Funding Levels: Non-competing continuation awards that have…
What’s the Gaokao? And why might you care?
The Gaokao (which translates roughly as the high test) is China’s National Higher Education Entrance Examination (NCEE), akin to the SAT in the United States. During the once a year…
Updating Research Conflicts of Interest in Australia
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia is accepting public comment on an update to Chapter 7 of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research…
You need What? When? – Faculty Researcher’s Administrative Workload
Federally funded researchers in the US report that they spend nearly a quarter of their research time writing proposals and progress reports, with another 20% devoted to pre- and post-award…
NSF Seeks Input to Reduce Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Researchers
The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) carried out a faculty burden survey in 2005 and again in 2012. The purpose of the FDP effort is to identify and document faculty perceptions…