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Posted on November 10, 2011 by |
The Research Performance Progress Report (RPRR) will be used by agencies that support research and research-related activities to collect interim progress reports from recipients of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs. It can also be used when appropriate for relevant…
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Posted on November 1, 2011 by |
A recent publication entitled, “Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications” from the National Academies Press (Sept, 2011), authored by the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) at the National Research Council (NRC) details the suggested content…
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Posted on October 18, 2011 by |
On October 24, InfoEd will undergo a change that’s been in the works now for, well, twenty years. I say “twenty years” because it is the path we’ve traveled that has brought us to this place. Sure, we didn’t specifically…
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Posted on October 18, 2011 by |
The world is shrinking in most every way we can describe.  Aside from language, the communication barriers have been removed and the lines of communication and collaboration are open for business and of course our business is research. In August,…
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Posted on October 14, 2011 by |
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than an actual) version of something. The term ‘virtualization’ originated in the computing world and has come to represent the creation of a virtual device or resource, such as a server, network,…
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Posted on October 14, 2011 by |
Hopefully, many of you have seen and utilized the recently launched SPIN QS funding opportunity search engine. One of the primary goals of that initiative was to implement a truly modernized full-text search engine in order to allow people utilizing…
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Posted on October 12, 2011 by |
Through the magic of InfoEd, an institution with the Financial Tracking module can create accounts with the budgets of the awards that they receive.  Once an account is created, it can then be updated with pertinent information and then pushed…
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Posted on October 11, 2011 by |
Is Researcher a viable career choice today in the US? The success rate for grants at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) dropped well below the 20% rate to an historic low, perhaps as low as 17.4% during 2011 (Science…
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Posted on October 10, 2011 by |
In a recent article published this April in the Journal Science entitled “The Rise of Animal Law” by Greg Miller, the author discusses the notable advances in animal rights over the last decades.  A primary focus of the article is…
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