Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > NIH published this draft regulation concerning research. > Comments are being solicited. > > For the research that I know of, this seems more-than-a-little > bit dumb. Even for the biology which is not too complicated, > I think of serious problems arising (Needleman's lead research) > after outsiders were allowed controlled access -- despite there > being strong oversight while those issues were debated. Freer > access seems scary. > > > The draft is dated March 1, 2002, with a June 1 deadline > for comments, snail-mail and e-mail addresses provided. > > This capital letter-emphasis is in the original. > From the middle of the first paragraph -- > > "... THE NIH IS DEVELOPING A STATEMENT ON DATA SHARING THAT EXPECTS > AND SUPPORTS THE TIMELY RELEASE AND SHARING OF FINAL RESEARCH DATA > FROM NIH-SUPPORTED STUDIES FOR USE BY OTHER RESEARCHERS. > INVESTIGATORS SUBMITTING AN NIH APPLICATION WILL BE REQUIRED TO > INCLUDE A PLAN FOR DATA SHARING OR TO STATE WHY DATA SHARING IS NOT > POSSIBLE. This statement will apply to extramural scientists seeking > grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts as well as intramural > investigators. " > > The full draft is located at > http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-035.html
Richard: thanks for posting this. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
