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FDA and NIH funding in jeopardy

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

FDA and NIH could both face significant funding cuts if the executive branch is unable to reach an agreement with Congress on required spending cuts. At issue for FDA is the baseline taxpayer funding that must be in place before…

UK Pledges ￡10 million Toward Open Access

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Roger Wood |

Following up on recommendations from the Finch Report, the UK government will spread￡10 million among 30 institutions receiving funding through the Research Councils and UK higher education funding councils to assist those institutions in transitioning to the open access funding…

First Golden Goose Awards Announced

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Roger Wood |

The Golden Goose Awards are intended to recognize investigators who have pursued what might have appeared at the time to be research topics of questionable value but have yielded valuable results. The name for the awards – Golden Goose –…

On the other side of Support….

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Eddie Johnson Jr. |

Anyone that knows me knows that I work a lot. Arguably too much. Any place that I spend a lot of time I figure out how to get a computer there. At one point I used to have a wireless…

Come For The Meeting, Then Stay For The Fun

Posted on September 11, 2012 by admin |

Hold The Dates – 05/20/13 – 05/23/13 UGM 2013 – Lake Buena Vista, Florida – Walt Disney World We are very pleased to announce that the InfoEd Global 2013 User Group Meeting will be held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, May…

Must, Should, and May as defined by OLAW

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

OLAW has published a notice (NOT-OD-12-148) providing guidance on review and reporting requirements for departures from the Eighth Edition of the Guide: OLAW defines a must statement as a minimum standard required of all Assured institutions. Deviation from these standards…

Release Planning

Posted on September 11, 2012 by InfoEd Global |

Over the past year there have been a great many discussions within the InfoEd Global community regarding our Version 13 product and ENABLE. We realize this may have triggered some confusion and we would like to provide some clarity. V12…

Supporting Multiple Mechanisms for Recovery of Patent Expenses

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

Institutions employ a variety of mechanisms for the recovery of patent expenses. The culture of the institution heavily influences preference with respect to technology licensing terms, as well as institution royalty distribution policy. Even within a single institution, there may…

PI – “How is this going to make my life easier?”

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

Excellent question. As an electronic system, the InfoEd suite allows both PI’s and administrative staff to view in real time proposal and protocol information. In the case of protocols, there are two general levels of access, one on the development…

ICAG Community Tools

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin |

InfoEd Global is working closely with the InfoEd Community Advisory Group (ICAG) to rollout Yammer – a secure electronic collaboration tool – to replace the message board forums put in place when the ICAG started. Watch your email for an…