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Making the Case for a Proposal System-to-System Solution

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Roger Wood |

System-to-system (S2S) technology is still relatively new in the grants world. Grants.gov was established in response to the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, often referred to as Public Law 106-107, and the President’s 2002 Fiscal Year Management…

FDA Webinar on Safety Data Collection

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

FDA recently held a public webinar to discuss its draft guidance recommending targeted safety data collection in certain drug trials. The presentation and slides are now available on FDA’s website. According to FDA, selective safety data collection may: Improve the quality…

Conflict of Interest – Beyond Current PHS Responsibilities

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

There have been significant discussions around implementation of the new regulations, following passage of the final rule in August last year. Institutions have been evaluating their disclosure and review processes, identifying where changes need to be made in order to…

Joint effort of USPTO and NIST produces IP Awareness Assessment Tool

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

A program has been developed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Institute of Standards and Technology/Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST/MEP) that will allow users to evaluate their awareness of intellectual property, and identify areas where the…

1000 Genomes In the Cloud

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

On March 29th, NIH and Amazon Web Services jointly announced the public availability of the 1000 Genomes data set, which will ultimately include data from over 2600 samples and is being touted as the world’s largest collection of data on human…

New Guidebook Gives Researchers Insight into Industry Partnerships

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jeffrey Waldin |

A pre-publication copy of The Researcher Guidebook: A Guide for Successful Institutional-Industry Collaborations has been released by the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP). The purpose of the book is to give researchers on each side of a university-industry collaboration an understanding…

Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

The US government recently released a document entitled, “United States Government Policy for Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern“, available on the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities website. From the document, “The purpose of this Policy is…

THREE I’s Harmonization Conference

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Matthew Tanner |

THREE I’s Harmonization Conference – Bioethics and Biosecurity Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, 60 East Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona 85281,Tempe, AZ IACUCs, IBCs & IRBs Facing Tough Challenges & Finding New Opportunities Pre-conference, Monday, April 30, 2012, 1PM – 5PM Full…

Canadian Health Researchers Wary over Proposed Changes at CIHR

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Roger Wood |

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has proposed changes to its funding paradigm. CIHR has proposed two tracks of funding: Foundation/Programmatic Scheme focused on investigators with a separate track for new/early career investigators, and Project Scheme, which is about…

Big Data Gets its Day

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Roger Wood |

The announcement of the Big Data program was made at a conference titles “Challenges and Opportunities in Big Data”, jointly sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Big…