[open-science] Finding data on funded research

[Stuart Macdonald]

Gavin - also have a look at ResearchResearch.com - 
http://www.researchresearch.com/#tab$about$ (registration req'd)

regards
Stuart Macdonald
EDINA

Frank Norman wrote:
> Gavin -
>
> There are various resources, but it is not a totally open area. 
>
> One subscription product is the Community of Science funded research database. Their help page has a bit of info, but you need a username/password to access the database itself.
> http://fundedresearch.cos.com/helpdocs/userguide.shtml
>
> In the UK there is the NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio:
> http://www.ukcrn.org.uk/index/clinical/portfolio_new.html
>
> MRC has its portfolio online:
> http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ResearchPortfolio/index.htm
>
> as do other UK Research Councils, e.g.:
> http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/
> http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/science/grants/index.html
> http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/AdvancedSearchPage1.aspx
>
> There are also various clinical trial registries, e.g.
> http://clinicaltrials.gov/
>
> Frank Norman
> NIMR
> At 19:17 22/09/2009, Gavin Baker wrote:
>   
>> This is outside my expertise, so I thought I'd ask here:
>>
>> How easy is it to find information on funded research projects (e.g. by
>> research agencies and foundations)?
>>
>> It seems to me that taxpayers (or foundations' donors) have a right to
>> easily find out what research they're funding, from award through
>> research outputs. This also seems like useful information for other
>> researchers, especially prior to publication -- e.g. to minimize
>> duplication, facilitate potential collaboration, etc.
>>
>> How good -- or how bad -- is current transparency in this area? What
>> could be improved? What (if any) are the obstacles to openness?
>>
>> I'm reminded of the issue because of recent announcements by two U.S.
>> research funders of new tools to search their grants:
>>
>> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/09/new-transparency-tool-on-nih-funded.html
>> http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/09/new-database-of-neh-funded-projects.html
>>
>> But I have little context about how novel these tools are or their
>> strengths/weaknesses. What do you think?
>>
>> -- 
>> Gavin Baker
>> http://www.gavinbaker.com/
>> gavin at gavinbaker.com
>>
>> You gotta give 'em hope.
>>    Harvey Milk
>>
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