Therapeutic Development Toolkit of Toolkits
This “toolkit of toolkits” will enable member organizations to more easily identify and access existing and up-to-date resources relevant to the Therapeutic Development Learning Community goals. Drug and Other Therapy Development – General References U.S. Food and Drug Administration – for the latest developments in regulatory policies and regulatory science. NORD…
University-Foundation Relations – BIO Session Summary [FasterCures, June 2015)
MeetingIn recent years, the nonprofit and academic communities have acknowledged that relationships between nonprofit disease foundations and research institutions are evolving. Although in many ways this evolution presents new and exciting opportunities, these changes have also brought about new conflicts. To advance the discussion around these relationships and brainstorm new paths forward, FasterCures…
University-Foundation Relations: From Transactional to Transformative Partnerships [FasterCures, September 2014]
MeetingUniversity-Foundation Relations Session on Indirect Costs [FasterCures, November 2016]
FasterCures invited a small group of stakeholders to participate in a private session focused on indirect costs, during the 2016 Partnering for Cures conference in New York, NY.
Calculating Overall Facilities and Administrative Costs
Breaking Down the Costs of Federal Research at Universities [Association of American Universities, March 2017]
Keeping the Lights On [Nature, November 2014]
Every year, the US government gives research institutions billions of dollars towards infrastructure and administrative support. A Nature investigation reveals who is benefiting most.
Listserv responses: HRA Members’ Evaluation Platforms [May 2018]
Use of HRA Analyzer (formerly Reporter) and Researchfish to Evaluate Your Grants Portfolio [Webinar, August 30, 2018]
WebinarArun Karpar from Autism Speaks highlighted the use of HRA Analyzer (formerly Reporter) data; while Suzanne Rix from the Association of Medical Research Charities demonstrated the utility of Researchfish.
Spring 2018 Members Meeting Session: ORCID Reducing Burden and Improving Transparency (ORBIT) Project
ORBIT is a strategy to reduce investigator burden and improve funder efficiency through the use of persistent identifiers. ORBIT is a partnership between the NIH and ORCID that expands the ORCID data model to collect faculty profile information. The presentation described efforts to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to grants…
Open Research Funders Group Resources
The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is a membership-based partnership of funding organizations committed to the open sharing of research outputs.
Implementing a System to Enable Credit for Data Sharing
April 9, 2018 The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard (MRCT Center), and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) launched the Credit for Data Sharing initiative to describe and implement a system to appropriately credit researchers for sharing data.
Board on Research Data and Information/US CODATA
November 1-2, 2017 National Academy of Sciences The mission of the Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) is to improve the stewardship, policy, and use of digital data and information for science and the broader society.
Data Sharing Goals for Nonprofit Funders of Clinical Trials
November 30, 2017 Sharing Clinical Trial Data Action Collaborative: Data Sharing Goals for Nonprofit Funders of Clinical Trials National Academy of Sciences
Big Data Sharing Meeting [September 19, 2017]
Intro to Sharing Big Data [Webinar #2, August 10, 2017]
WebinarIntro to Data Sharing [Webinar #1, July 11, 2017]
WebinarThis one-hour webinar was the first of two sessions that introduced participants to the various types of data and data sharing platforms currently available. JOURNAL RESOURCES REFERENCED DURING THE WEBINAR PLOS Data Sharing References PLOS Policy PLOS Recommended repositories A Registry of Research Data Repositories Data policy FAQs Preparing clinical…
Funder Data Sharing Policies: Overview and Recommendations [RWJF Report]
A report funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and written by Stephanie Wykstra. Research transparency – sharing data and other materials for further research and re-analysis – is on the rise. Many people and institutions in the research ecosystem have pointed to potential benefits of transparency, from accelerating scientific progress to increasing reliability…
HRA Member Data Sharing Policies
The HRA member data sharing policies that Heather McCartney, HRA’s Data Sharing Intern, has collected can be found above. (To submit your data sharing policies email Maryrose [at] healthra [dot] org)
US Food and Drug Administration (link)
NINDS
QB3
QB3 includes five incubators, two seed-stage venture capital firms, and a special initiative in medical devices called the Rosenman Institute. QB3 supports University of California researchers and empowers Bay Area entrepreneurs to launch startup companies and partner with industry.
AlzPED database
AlzPED is a database for preclinical studies of Alzheimer’s disease. It includes information on animal models, biomarkers, therapeutic agents/targets, patents, etc
JLABS: part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation
JLABS is a part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation. It is a life science incubator with an aim towards developing healthcare products from current scientific discoveries through a “capital-efficient, resource-rich environment.”