As part of an effort to reduce the administrative burden on researchers, the Human Research Protection Program has updated its signature requirements for Institutional Review Board medical applications.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of Information Technology are launching the first release of eProtocol in fall 2012.

If you’re a University of Minnesota researcher or staff who wants to know about recent improvements to the Enterprise Financial System (EFS), please read this update from Richard Pfutzenreuter, vice president for finance and CFO, and Tim Mulcahy, vice president for research.

The National Institutes of Health has announced some changes to commonly used research tools and systems, with the goal of improving overall efficiency.