The National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the major funders of oceanographic research, requested the report 2 years ago.
We also used a snow-ball sampling method to expand our pool of potential respondents to researchers in all aspects of C. elegans research, requesting any C. elegans researcher who received the survey request to forward the link to other individuals who were involved in any aspect of C. elegans related research.
According to the policy of our institution (Seoul National University, College of Medicine), researches requested by the government to the public interests are to be exempted from approval by the Institutional Review Board IRBB).
SMBs don't drastically slow down their rate of research and requesting quotes for new purchases during the busy holiday season.
Day-to-day work involves all aspects of the administrative handling of research proposals: requesting additional information, selecting referees, preparation of decisions based on referees' opinions, serving as contact for researchers at all stages, just to name a few.
In an effort to determine whether the NIH considered genomics research to be a subset of genetics research, we requested the definition of genetics research from the Office of Budget and found that the NIH does "not have an official definition" (Personal Communication, Arlette Howard, May 2006).
These requests represented 44% (12) of the total number of research data requests in the sample, and could allow offloading a substantial amount of effort from the hands of data analysts who typically perform such tasks, and represent one of the biggest advantages of using a graphical cohort selection tool such as the i2b2 workbench.
Our evaluation included the usability and functionality of the i2b2 hive using several real world examples of research data requests received electronically at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center between 2006 - 2008.
Medical professionals were contacted via email to assess their interest in participation (based on a database of breast cancer oncologists and record of previous participation in such research), and a follow-up phone call was made to discuss details of the research when requested by the potential participant.
