The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) will enter Phase VI in September 2014 and is open to applications from organizations receiving federal research funding, including public and private colleges and universities receiving federal research funding (including predominantly undergraduate institutions and minority…

In a reversal of the appropriations language passed last March, the recently passed omnibus appropriations bill does not include the restriction on NSF that effectively disallowed funding of political science research. While the rushed pace of finalizing the recent appropriations…

The Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) has announced details of its anticipated Jan 27th Part 200 Uniform Guidance Training webinar. The webinar will be available via this link: http://portalapps.hud.gov/HUDMediaChannel/liveplayer_tertiary.jsp. They note that the presentation will require Adobe Flash, which means that…
Tick Tick Tick Your Way To Silence

The holidays come and go with the blink of an eye, each year seemingly faster than the last. Likewise, my work days fly by in a dizzying blur. Blissfully unaware of the ticking clock in my head, it’s not unusual…
State And Commonwealth Fire Play

Episode 4 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research Administration “down under.”

The #1 spot on the annual top 10 list of the journal Science for 2013 went to cancer immunotherapy.  A wide array of topic befitting the broad scope of Science round out 2013’s top 10 list. Some new laboratory techniques made the…