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NSF Seeks Input to Reduce Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Researchers

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Roger Wood |

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 of how they spend their research time – in particular,…

Federal Register Notice on Implementation of the Updated AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

From OLAW: On March 22, 2013, the NIH published a Federal Register Notice on Implementation of the Updated American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals (FR Doc# 2013-06661 – PDF). This Notice provides guidance to Public…

OMB Extends Comment Period on Grant Reform Measures

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Roger Wood |

Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published notice in the Federal Register extending the public comment period on their proposed package of grant reforms to June 2, 2013. The public comment period originally ended on May 2, 2013.…

A21 evolution and Grants.Gov eSubmissions Roll-out

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

Part 4 of a 4 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (aka Eddie) interviews Pat Johnson, former Vice President of Sponsored Programs at the SUNY Research Foundation.

Retrospective eRA: Birth of FDP and Grants.Gov

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

Part 3 of a 4 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (aka Eddie) interviews Pat Johnson, former Vice President of Sponsored Programs at the SUNY Research Foundation.

GAO recommends joint efforts on Select Agent inspections

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

Entire Report GAO Summary page: What GAO Found About 15 percent of entities registered to work with select agents were subject to inspection overlap (multiple federal agencies inspecting within a 2-year period). Entities experiencing overlap tended to be larger ones,…

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate…

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Eddie Johnson Jr. | 0 Comments

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Marianne Williamson I heard this prose the first time while…

Revenge of the Mice!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

This month’s InfoEdge article topic deals with a story widely reported in the national media. Within a few months, the US government, through the USDA, will drop an unknown number of dead neonatal mice (DNM) into the jungles of Guam. …

Top-SPIN – New Funding Opportunities Available

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Keith Willis | 0 Comments

ROSES 2012: Earth Science Applications: Ecological Forecasting for Conservation and Natural Resource Management—NASA’s Earth Science Division Applied Sciences Program solicits proposals that develop and demonstrate innovative and practical applications of Earth observations, models, visualizations, and other Earth science and geospatial…

Fasten Your Seatbelts, Its Going to be a Bumpy Ride for Research Administrators!

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Roger Wood | 0 Comments

With apologies to Margo Channing in All About Eve, as I start this article for the March edition of InfoEdge, the Sequester looms large in the US. If Congress allows the Sequester to take effect on March 1, there will…