Projects tracked within a researcher’s case file for the Conflict of Interest module provide two different functions: Automatically associating activities, which are tracked in other InfoEd modules, on which the researcher is named. Manually adding activities relevant to the researcher,…

InfoEd University is continuing its efforts to bring InfoEd modules to life in order to educate users in using the system efficiently and effectively. This month we would like to preview the first of several Proposal Development courses; Creating a…

The recently enacted healthcare law imposes surprising new Form 1099 reporting requirements. While they do not apply to payments made before 2012, it is best to start your preparation early. Any payments/compensation paid to a single recipient in the amount…

Just a friendly reminder to ensure you are reviewing all of the funding opportunities available to you. SMARTS is the easiest way to utilize SPIN to find new funding opportunities. Investigators will generally only be notified of opportunities once through…

The US National Institutes of Health is ending their “error correction” window that has allowed submitters to make corrections to applications to address errors after the formal deadline. The “error correction window” was implemented by NIH as a temporary aide…

Another topic we are frequently queried about is how to rate the severity of an issue. This is up to interpretation but we thought it would be helpful if we shared the guidelines that we typically reference. Critical – An…

Oftentimes, once a client has opened an I.T.E.M.S. issue, we will identify as we are triaging the issue that we do not have enough information to run with to facilitate a resolution. For a significant proportion of the time what…

On December 5 – 8th, 2010, InfoEd was represented by Matthew Tanner and Dan DeGregory at the 2010 PRIM&R Advancing Ethical Research Conference meeting in San Diego, CA. We had over 100 people stop by to talk to us, and…

There is information included in the I.T.E.M.S. issue that InfoEd must have in order to triage the reported problem to get it into the Development queue or otherwise addressed. Having to correspond back and forth to clarify issues adds to…