Category: Industry Notices

Posted on January 24, 2014 by |
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…
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Posted on January 24, 2014 by |
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…
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Tick Tick Tick Your Way To Silence

Posted on January 15, 2014 by |
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…
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Proposal Submission in the Internet Age

Posted on January 15, 2014 by |
Have you ever wondered what happens after the signing official clicks the ‘submit’ button on an electronic proposal submission via Grants.gov? That was essentially the topic of a forum I was pleased to moderate, along with Debra Nixon from Duke University,…
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State And Commonwealth Fire Play

Posted on January 15, 2014 by |
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.”
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G’Day NIH

Posted on January 15, 2014 by |
Episode 3 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.”
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Posted on January 14, 2014 by |
The Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) will be hosting a day-long uniform grant guidance training web event on January 27th. As Victoria Collins explained at the recent Federal Demonstration Partnership meeting in Washington, DC, the event will be a…
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Posted on December 23, 2013 by |
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…
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