Research Administrators Come From OZ
Episode 1 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research…
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More Politics of Peer Review
If the efforts by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to micromanage the NSF peer review process and end NSF funding of political science research respectively were not…
Stimulus Funding Given Quaaludes
Episode 11 of a 12 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Sandra Nordahl, President, Society of Research Administrators International (SRA), to discuss the mission of…
ABSA Annual Meeting News
Howdy all! Just got back from the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) Annual Biological Safety Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. While I now devote my time to managing the compliance…
The Dark World of Research Administrators
Research administrators spend a lot of time trying to convince people of things. Whether it’s persuading senior leadership that additional staff will be needed to meet a new sponsor requirement…
Rehab And Weight Loss
Episode 10 of a 12 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Sandra Nordahl, President, Society of Research Administrators International (SRA), to discuss the mission of…
Wait…What? IRB Budgets Are Up?
I noticed a peculiarity in AAHRPP’s 2012 Metrics on Human Research Protection Program Performance updated in July. IRB budgets were… wait for it… UP! Budgets are returning to levels not…
It’s Official – Video Games Are Good For You!
Research that we have waited our whole lives to be released, has made it official: video games are good for young people. What we have been telling our parents for…
Jon Stewart is not quite “Roundup Ready” when it comes to Intellectual Property Law
I usually appreciate how Jon Stewart and the staff at The Daily Show carefully “cultivate” and “harvest” their subjects. There is something that appeals to my sense of integrity when…
USDA Annual Reports
The USDA through APHIS has released an electronic version of the USDA Annual Report form (7023), which Animal Facilities are required to file annually. Their brief announcement reads: “In an…