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Abstract Faced with a prolonged economic crisis, Ukrainian research institutes are under pressure as a direct result of limited funding. This has also had a direct negative impact on the functionality of librarians who have seen increasing limitations to acquisitions. Despite economic difficulties, Ukrainian academic librarians are trying to offer their end-users specialized services that involve active librarian mediation in the preparation and dissemination of the results of these users' scientific work. One notable function is to offer aid to users on how to detect pseudo-scientific journals. In this paper, based on a survey of librarians from leading Ukrainian universities, we studied for the first time, the main information resources and tools used by Ukrainian experts to test the validity of scientific journals so that they may be recommended to library users as reliable channels for disseminating research results. These are tools and resources include Scopus, Web of Science, Beall's blacklists, the DOAJ, Think. Check. Submit., and the Norwegian Register. We describe the benefits and limitations that Ukrainian academic librarians may encounter when each of these resources is used. Modern reformation to Ukrainian science has opened up new opportunities for Ukrainian academic librarians. As a result, if they are able to successfully implement such services, they can regain a prominent place in the scientific life of institutions and on the global academic platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As state support dollars shrink at public research institutions, the University of Arizona (UA) Libraries—like others—have had to seek revenue from other sources. Cafés, for-credit courses, grants, and partnerships with athletics departments are just a few of the ways libraries are supplementing their budgets. This article gives an overview of revenue-generation ideas and issues to consider. At the UA Libraries, a student fee has been a significant source of funding and tips are offered here for getting a student fee approved. Finally, since funding shortages are likely to be an ongoing challenge, the importance of training and instruction in fundraising is emphasized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the role that research centers in colleges and universities play in research on marketing, consumers and brand name products, including in regard to the research Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management (CEBCM) at Georgia State University. It discusses the quantity of publications by research centers in academic journals. The financing of research centers, including the role that endowments play, is discussed.

Although community advisory boards (CABs) are widely used in clinical research, there is limited data regarding their composition and structure, especially in Africa. Our research provides the first qualitative study of the membership practices, selection methods, and qualifications of the six major HIV research centers that comprise the Ugandan National CAB Network (UNCN). Researchers conducted interviews (n = 45) with CAB members and research liaisons at each of the sites. While selection practices and demographics varied between the sites, all six CABs exclusively followed a broad community membership model. Results suggest successful CABs are context dependent and thus distinct guidelines may be needed based on variables including CAB funding level, representation model, and research focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is the second of two articles exploring in depth some of the early organizational strategies that were marshalled in efforts to found and develop the German Research Institute of Psychiatry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie). The first article analysed the strategies of psychiatric governance – best understood as a form of völkisch corporatism – that mobilized a group of stakeholders in the service of higher bio-political and hygienic ends. This second article examines how post-war imperatives and biopolitical agendas shaped the institute’s organization and research. It also explores the financial challenges the institute faced amidst the collapse of the German financial system in the early Weimar Republic, including efforts to recruit financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation and other philanthropists in the USA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses the career of history of technology professor Melvin Kranzberg, focusing on the mistakes and failures he had during his career. Other topics include Kranzberg's time working at the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio, Kranzberg's failures in endeavors including textbook publishing and research center financing, and his role in creating the International Committee for the History of Technology.

The article highlights global trends in biomedical research and development (R&D) expenditures from 2007 to 2012. It discusses the overall nominal R&D expenditures in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia-Oceania, the overall inflation-adjusted expenditures and public-sector expenditures in all regions. Public spending includes expenditures by government agencies, educational or research institutions and charitable organizations.

The article discusses the history of the Hygenie-Institut (Institute of Hygenie) established in Posen, Germany (Poznań, Poland) in 1899. The author situates the regional activities of the institute in the areas of public health and social medicine within the broader policies of the attempted German colonization of the majority-Polish province of Posen, Germany (Wielkopolska, Poland). Topics considered include links between politics, medicine, and biopolitics, the institute's role as a center of knowledge transfer, and its relative ineffectiveness as a research institution due to a lack of funding.

The article offers the insights of various individuals on the importance of continuing support for Biological Magnetic Resonance Bank (BMRB). According to John L. Markley of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, BMRB has played a key part in the development of standards for representing biomolecular nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data. Hideo Akutsu of the Institute for Protein Research adds that the activity at the BMRB must be maintained to provide a high-quality NMR database to researchers.

STAR METRICS is a data platform that is being voluntarily and collaboratively developed by U.S. federal science agencies and research institutions to describe investments in science and their results. It initially emerged as a result of reporting requirements associated with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; it has developed in response to a recognized need to begin to systematically document federal investments in science and their immediate and long-term results. The eventual goal is to draw information from existing data on scientific and economic activities as well as from research institutions' and federal science agencies' systems to provide data that can be used for a more scientific analysis of science investments and their outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) has come into being in the last decade in the wider context of the neoliberalising and corporatising of the academy. It is far more than its outward form: that is, an innocent accounting of the research-related activities of academics for the purposes of determining institutional funding levels. But neither is it only a process that seeks (to use Judith Butler's terms) to constrain, subordinate and discipline individual academics. Drawing on her book, Giving an Account of Oneself (2005), we suggest that the PBRF can also be used to enable and sustain through creating spaces to critique neoliberalising managerialism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We analyze Italy's recent research evaluation exercise (VTR) as a salient example in discussing some internationally relevant issues emerging from the evaluation of research in economics. We claim that evaluation and its criteria, together with its linkage to research institutions' financing, are likely to affect the direction of research in a problematic way. As the Italian case documents, it is specifically economists who adopt unorthodox paradigms or pursue less diffused topics of research that should be concerned about research evaluation and its criteria. After outlining the recent practice of economic research in Italy and highlighting the relevant scope for pluralism that traditionally characterizes it, we analyze the publications submitted for evaluation to the VTR. By comparing these publications to all the entries in the EconLit database authored by economists located in Italy, we find a risk that the adopted ranking criteria may lead to disregarding historical methods in favor of quantitative and econometric methods, and heterodox schools in favor of mainstream approaches. Finally, by summarizing the current debate in Italy, we claim that evaluation should not be refused by heterodox economists, but rather that a reflection on the criteria of evaluation should be put forward at an international level in order to establish fair competition among research paradigms, thus, preserving pluralism in the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - This paper aims to discuss the inequities in the financial infrastructure of Division II rural universities located throughout the USA and much of the Western world while seeking to offer possible solutions through on-campus marketing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach - The paper is a conceptual contribution based on the author's personal experiences as the executive director of an undergraduate research center combined with a literature study by the authors. Findings - Depending on available resources in the immediate proximity of a given rural university, services can be offered, such as marketing research, that otherwise would not be available. The author's personal experiences have demonstrated that sufficient cash flow can be generated not only to compensate the student employees, but also to support all operating expenses of an established university marketing department. Practical implications - If faculty members can be found who are willing to assume a leadership role, Division II universities can augment their operating funds through the development of undergraduate research organizations. This not only benefits financial situations, but also offers students real-life experiences directly related to their earned academic degree, thus enhancing their employment opportunities subsequent to graduation. Originality/value - Sufficient opportunities exist in the rural marketplace for reasonably priced marketing research services that the demand can be generated once promotion and word-of-mouth have established the impact of the offered services. Commercial research firms have often avoided solicitation of rural clients based on their inability to pay commercial rates and the dearth of opportunities to sell services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors reflect on the decision to terminate the funding of Clinical Research Centers (CRCs) by the British National Institutes of Health (NIH), focusing on its impact on the human research at academic institutions and clinical research. They explore the importance of CRCs for diabetes and metabolism research, acceleration of clinical practice, and discoveries in biomedical field relating to human metabolism.

This article offers new evaluation tools to analyse skilled behaviour effects of Tekes funding for research institutes and universities. Using data from surveys of organizations funded in the early 2000s, the benefits of Tekes' contribution to developing proposals and project funding are examined in terms of pre-project and post-project additionality. We emphasize several improvements in order to find more versatile evaluation tools by combining evaluation results, additionality theory and talented behaviour theory. Comparing these linkages we can interconnect new causalities between additionality theory and development of practical skills of Tekes clients. We found that scale and scope additionality methods were mostly used in the pre-project evaluation. Moreover, evaluating talented behaviour needs more specific evaluation methods to recognize such skills in the research projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the construction of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, which is hoping that generous funding and great research facilities with attract the talent needed to make it a top-ranked institution. According to the author, scientists at KAUST’s Red Sea Science and Engineering Research Center plan on using the coral reefs of the Red Sea as the centerpiece in understanding aspects of the marine environment from genomics to ecosystems. Topics include a brief overview of the design and construction of KAUST, what will be necessary to amass the talent needed for success, and how research at KAUST will be funded.

An interview with professor O. M. Faltinsen of the Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS) in Trondheim, Norway is presented. Faltinsen relates how he and two fellow professors were able to develop the strip theory in marine hydrodynamics. He cites reasons as to why the strip theory continues to be in use which include application of linear theory. Faltinsen notes that the National Research Council takes care of finances of the CeSOS.

The article discusses the uncertainties facing research institutes during the 2008 global recession. The effect on research enterprises will depend on how individual governments respond to the crisis and what kind of stimulus they think is necessary to revive their economies. Topics include a brief examination of how the financial crisis has affected the biotechnology industry and how the clean-energy industries may benefit, such as in the production of hybrid vehicles and solar-energy projects. An in-depth analysis of research and development (R&D) spending by various countries, how reduced investment in science could turn the crisis into a long-term problem, and how the global recession may effect efforts to deal with energy and climate change issues is presented.

How should universities manage their research function? Today, research-based knowledge is viewed widely as fundamental to economic advancement. As a result, universities everywhere are facing pressure to rethink their research activities. A general model of the research process is presented here. Linkages are drawn between that process, other university activities, and factors that shape the broader operating context of the university. The model provides a focus for exploring how universities might respond to contemporary performance pressures. Key policy options are identified for those seeking to manage university research and commercialization activities more effectively. Dilemmas that arise in choosing alternative policy approaches are highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While it is recognised that Research Assessment Exercises stimulate activity and that successive history panels have sensitively developed appropriate procedures, nonetheless there is much unease among university historians about the impact of RAEs on their subject. This paper argues that such concern reflects characteristics of the discipline that make selective funding of university departments of history especially awkward. Historians study as individuals and as specialists, not in departmental teams. Resources-especially time free from teaching and administrative burdens-have not been equally distributed between university departments, and in consequence RAEs in history are likely simply to confirm the wisdom of past funding decisions. The identification of 'international excellent' historians is particularly problematic. And distortions arising from the tendency of university managements to treat RAEs as a game rewarding the tactically astute exert a damaging influence: good research will not be achieved by bullying historians to produce a monograph for every RAE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Assesses the payback from National Health Service (NHS) reactive research programmes in the Northern and Yorkshire region in Great Britain. Return on investment from regional NHS and Research & Development funding; Changes in individual practice and NHS delivery; Consideration on programme areas of biomedical research and health services research.

Studies the impact of development office structure on fund-raising efficiency for research and doctoral institutions. Decentralization of development offices' activities; Advantages of decentralized development programs over centralized forms; Interaction effect between the degree of decentralization and organizational size.

Reports on Congress' cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project and its appropriated funding for research and development agencies for the fiscal year 1994. Allocated amount for the SSC's termination; Reason for the SSC's termination; Department of Energy's projects for 1994; Highlights of the 1994 research budgets in nondefense agencies.

In this article the authors examine Health Research Organizations (HROs) from a marketing perspective. They note that health research in the U.S. is both costly and productive and plays an important role in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of diseases. They examine how these projects are funded and discuss some of the government programs that are in place to help mitigate these costs. They note that in order to obtain sufficient funds to carry out their research projects these organizations need to effectively market what they are trying to accomplish with various strategies that outline their goals, objectives and provide them with the necessary feedback to alter their plans. INSET: EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS.

This section offers news briefs related to higher education in the U.S. as of May 2014. Topics discussed include a massive open online course (MOOC) created by professors at the University of California (UC) in Irvine that fuses popular culture with academic topics, a funding awarded by the Florida Department of Education to a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research center at Florida State University and the possibilities of the use of big data in higher education.

The article offers world news briefs as of July 12, 2013. The Public Patent Foundation of New York City and U.S. nonprofit organization Consumer Watchdog are challenging a human embryonic stem cells patent awarded to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) in 2006. A consortium of British financiers has pledged to fund the establishment of the Farr Institute for health informatics research. Turkish scientists note increased anti-evolution bias in Turkey's government.

The article focuses on the Human Brain Project (HBP), a $1.3 billion project to develop an research institute for brain research and modeling financed by the European Union (EU). It is noted that HBP was one of the two winners of the Future & Emerging Technologies competition for research finance started by the EU in 2009. The project's dual and interconnected goals of developing new supercomputer technologies based on neuroscience research and in turn using those supercomputers to conduct further neuroscience research are examined.

The article discusses a U.S. Senate investigation that is forcing federally funded medical institutions to reveal the amount they receive from U.S. companies. The focus of the article is psychiatrist Alan Schatzberg and colleagues, of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who co-founded a company called Corcept Therapeutics to license technology for use in the clinical trials of mifepristone, which is a drug patented by Stanford. Topics include U.S. Senator Charles Grassley accusation that Schatzberg concealed from Stanford that he held stock in the company, the rule changes by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from which Schatzberg received funding to perform a clinical study, and debate over the conflict of interests between corporations and academic researchers. INSET: SENATE PROBE OF RESEARCH PSYCHIATRISTS.

Survey findings, confirming widespread malnutrition, led to the 1969 White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health and increased funding of related Federal programs. In 1976, the ARS Administrator proposed to Congress a greatly expanded program for human nutrition research. This led to the development of USDA Human Nutrition Research Centers at Universities. Funding of these Centers resulted mainly from efforts of scientists and others from the states where Centers were located. USDA formed the Science and Education Administration (SEA) by merging several related research and education agencies, expecting to improve coordination and focus. Human nutrition research a~tivities were placed in SEA under a USDA Human Nutrition Center in 1978, which was terminated in 1982 when SEA was disbanded. Coordination of human nutrition research within USDA and with other federal agencies required specific mechanisms. Within USDA, a subcommittee met regularly to exchange information and generate policy recommendations. Quarterly meetings of USDA Human Nutrition Center directors were held to enhance information exchange and cooperation. A Human Nutrition Board of Scientific Counselors was established to advise the Secretary regarding program direction and priorities. Human nutrition at the federal level was coordinated through the Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research (ICHNR). ICHNR devised a computerized database of ongoing federal food and nutrition research, developed a comprehensive 5-y research plan, and held biennial conferences for scientific presentations. Most important were the several interagency committees, which worked together to ensure that all federal agencies spoke with 1 voice. These committees functioned most effectively. J. Nutr. 139: 185-1 87, 2009. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the budget for the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2006, and comments on how it is distributed between programs focused on basic biological principles and those whose focus is on clinical research. It examines the polarization of needs assessment between various types of researchers in the NIH. The introduction of grant programs, which financial support research teams engaged in advancing clinical research, has become a worry for many medical academics. The authors suggest that academic medical associations should display more trust in the leadership of the NIH, based on its history of even-handedness relating to budget distribution.