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May 8th, National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day!

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Make sure you have a facility animal disaster plan! From FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino: http://www.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/2484 "We all know that pets are part of the family. As we prepare for the upcoming hurricane season,one of the things we want to…

Sequestration Kryptonite

Posted on May 3, 2013 by admin |

The Financial Black Hole On The Horizon Part 4 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss the University’s response to sequestration.

The Land Of Misfit Grants

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin |

Part 3 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss non-federal public and private grants.

Expatriate Funders

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin |

Part 2 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss state and local funding opportunities.

Follow The Yellow Grant Road

Posted on April 29, 2013 by admin |

Part 1 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss locating grant monies through the use of funding opportunity databases.

What’s the Gaokao? And why might you care?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Roger Wood |

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 offering of the gaokao, the entire country holds its collective…

Stimulus Blues

Posted on April 25, 2013 by admin |

Part 5 of a 5 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Todd Swavely, Director of eRA Systems at the University of Pennsylvania. In this podcast Eddie and Todd discuss the University’s experience with proposal submission…

Updating Research Conflicts of Interest in Australia

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Roger Wood |

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 (2007). Chapter 7 deals with conflicts of interest and the…

New Zealand Clinical Trials Website Now Available

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

The New Zealand Ministry of Health has launched a new website “Clinical Trials“, to inform the public about ongoing and completed clinical trials. Users can search for keywords that are included in the titles of the clinical trials, and will…

UK pharma scientist jailed over trial fraud

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

From PharmaTimes Online (link): A UK-based pharma scientist has been sentenced to three months in prison for altering pre-clinical trial data designed to support applications to perform human trials. Steven Eaton was found guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff’s Court in March…