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National sequestration to impact UA research funding

The UA is bracing itself for further cuts to research funding, as the U.S. is set to enter sequestration Friday. The UA is supported by competitive grants from agencies that will be affected by...

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USPTO and EPO Announce Launch of Cooperative Patent Classification System

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) today announced the formal launch of the Cooperative Patent...

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Recent Developments Regarding FY 2013 Funding

There are three recent developments regarding  federal funding for the remainder of this fiscal year.  House Republicans appear poised to bring a  bill to the floor next week to provide flat funding...

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MIT report identifies keys to new American innovation

What kinds of industrial production can bring innovation to the American economy? An intensive, long-term study by a group of MIT scholars suggests that a renewed commitment to research and development...

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Sequester Science: Deep Cuts To NASA, CDC Funding, Medical Research Will Have...

Fledgling scientists, space exploration and basic science and medical research could suffer the most severe wounds if the sequester takes effect and the federal government is forced to make...

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Whistleblowers Can Take Bite Out of Research Grant ‘Double Dipping’

Fraud against the government takes many shapes and forms — as a unique computer analysis of research funding awards recently demonstrated.  The January issue of the science journal Nature reports that...

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OSTP Issues Directive to Federal Agencies on Public Access

“The Administration is committed to ensuring that, to the greatest extent  and with the fewest constraints possible and consistent with law and the  objectives set out below, the direct results of...

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Higher education groups call for more funding after British universities...

Higher education groups have called for more funding after British universities fared worse than usual in a new list of the world’s best institutions. Cambridge and Oxford placed third and fourth...

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Lehigh University technical entrepreneurship master’s degree part of...

When you have a great idea, there is no reason to wait. That’s the motto at Lehigh University’s Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation—the home of its master’s degree in...

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UW sees $75M cut in research funding

The UW is anticipating the effects of $85 billion in federal budget cuts, activated Friday as part of the sequestration. The UW research program expects to lose between $75 million and $100 million in...

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Colleges Prepare For Automatic Federal Budget Cuts

Colleges and universities are bracing for steep spending reductions in student aid and research funding due to the looming sequestration process. Financial aid offices are scrambling to offset the...

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Thiruvalluvar University to get Incubation and Technology Transfer Centre at...

Thiruvalluvar University has been identified as one among the nine universities in the State to receive financial support from the State government to establish an Incubation and Technology Transfer...

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Priorities of Science Committee Republicans on DOE Science, NASA, NIST, NOAA,...

A good indicator of the views of House Science Committee Republicans on the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, NASA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and...

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Review of President’s Budget Request

Centurion Research Solutions analyzed the President’s budget request and identified key areas for agencies interested in pursuing federal government contracts, e.g. VA, Cybersecurity, and Healthcare...

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NIH Peer Review

If you apply to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), you need to follow Dr. Sally Rockey’s blog. Last week, she brought up the continuing improvement of Peer Review. It rehashes the previous two...

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NSF is coming!

We’ve been working all week: cross checking reservations, emailing confirmations, printing and collating! It all comes to fruition tomorrow. Arizona State University’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise...

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