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Economic Conditions Shape the Future of Academic Technology Transfer

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin |

The nature of academic technology transfer is changing rapidly, driven by changing economic conditions. Many offices were already facing pressure to minimize administrative cost, and generate positive returns, when the current recession sharpened fiscal awareness. That double edge cut resources…

S2S Submission of Proposals to US Sponsors via Grants.gov

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Roger Wood |

System-to-system (S2S) submission of proposals to US federal agencies via Grants.gov has been available since 2006 in addition to submission of proposals using Grants.gov’s forms-based solution (originally PureEdge, now Adobe forms). Any proposal that can be submitted via Grants.gov can…

January ICAG Announcements: Upcoming Town Hall Meeting, Webinar Series, UGM Participants, and the Who Has What Survey

Posted on January 13, 2013 by admin |

UPCOMING: Town Hall Meeting: January 24th (2:00 – 3:00 PM EST). Watch your inbox for registration information next week! You won’t want to miss the next Town Hall meeting! These Town Halls are always a great place to speak to the…

PT Data Import process for Australian sponsor

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Damian Davini |

For Australian clients the largest sponsor by number of proposals and research volume is the Australian Research Council (ARC). To apply to the ARC, proposal information must be entered directly into the ARC RMS. There are no electronic system to…

Discussing the Role of Semantic Web Technologies

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Roger Wood |

The term “Semantic Web” has been around for a while; the concept or hope that the entire web’s resources, data, and applications would be able to speak to each other has been around for even longer. However, only a relative…

Introspective Reporting and Building a Smarter eIRB

Posted on January 12, 2013 by InfoEd Global |

One of my favorite things to do when I worked in the IRB was reporting. Not simply the “How many Protocols do we have and sort that into Full, Expedited and Exempt categories” but the kinds of queries that told…

Using Research Outputs to manage Copyright Clearance

Posted on January 12, 2013 by InfoEd Global |

Keeping to the same topic this month, I will briefly discuss using the Research Output Module for Copyright Clearance. Copyright clearance is an extremely important part of the academic lifecycle and some institutions do not have a system in place…

Update on the National Biocontainment Laboratory (NBL) at Boston University

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

A planned National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL) at the Boston University has taken another step forward. As posted in the Federal Register on December 18th, 2012: “The Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health (NIH),…

Australian and New Zealand Governments publish a draft joint scheme for regulation of therapeutic products

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Matthew Tanner |

The Governments of Australia and New Zealand are joining forces to regulate (approve and manufacture) “therapeutic products (medicines, medical devices, biological and others) to be administered by the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Agency (ANZTPA)”. They have released an information…

USPTO Seeks Nominations for National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Jeffrey Waldin | 0 Comments

There are many ways in which innovation contributes to society. This occurs not only through the development of new products that directly improve quality of life, but also through indirect mechanisms including the advancement of national security, the reduction of…