Finding new funding for research is critical for researchers and those who support them in order for their research to continue. Yet, they are often frustrated with the tools available to help them. The key is striking the right balance between casting a wide net and providing relevant opportunities that are suitable based on a researcher’s history and current research focus. Read More
On January 12, 2016, President Obama held his final State of the Union speech. In this speech he committed the United States to a “cancer moonshot.” Click here to view an excerpt of that part of the speech from CNN. Read More
Recently I spoke at two conferences in the US – the UIDP (University Industry Demonstration Partnership) Conference in Knoxville, TN and the SRA (Society of Research Administrators) Conference in Las Vegas, NV. At each conference I demonstrated the power of the recently released PlumX Benchmarks product using fun local examples. Read More
We founded Plum Analytics with the vision of providing modern metrics to help anyone who performs, funds or publishes research, to tell the stories of their research through greater insight to what is happening with it around the world. Read More
We work hard to make sure that our customers can use the metrics we gather about their research where they want to see them. Our newest addition to our growing list of widgets is the Grant Widget. This widget allows grantmakers and other funders and foundations to embed important information about grants that is contained in PlumX into their web pages and systems. Read More
Presenting a guest post from Steve Giannoni, Director of Sales (Academic & Govt) UK & Ireland, EBSCO Information Services, on his thoughts on the library’s role with the research office. Having spent almost 10 years of my EBSCO-life working predominantly with Academic Libraries, Read More
Recently our friends at Autism Speaks, the world’s leading science, research, and advocacy organization for people and families affected by autism, and ORCID, the provider of a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers, did a webinar together describing how funding agencies are using ORCID identifiers in their workflows and systems. Read More
The NFAIS conference wrapped up earlier this week. In years past, I often had coffee, dinner, drinks with attendees (since it is always in my home town of Philadelphia), but this is the first time I actually attended. I’m glad I did. Read More