Open access to research has long been a topic of concern in the academic field. Beginning with open access to articles, and whole journals, the movement has been followed by opening up access to data, including government data.

Applications for NHMRC Program Grants for funding commencing in January 2014 are now open. Closing dates for applications are June 5, 2012, and, the UQ internal closing dates for full applications is Friday May 18th, 2012.

Just a reminder to all postgrad students, UQ's Graduate Student Week sessions are being held at the St Lucia campus this week.

There are still vacancies for the Thursday, Friday and Saturday sessions. Click here to view the full program and book.

The Graduate School offers a range of training throughout the semester. You can view the timetable here.

"Libraries are not perceived as vital resources in the physical sciences," according to a new UK study on the information-seeking practices of physical scientists.

Data Fabric is a service offered by Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS). "The system is available to all Australian researchers and free within stated limits." It is easy to use and is a great collaboration tool.

There have been recent reports in Nature and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) of research misconduct, which is nothing new. Reports indicate misconduct is still widespread. A recent blog set up to report on the accuracy of scientific journalism is <a href="htt

The Cotton CRC are seeking applications for Summer Scholarships for 2011/12.

CORDIS, the European Union's science, research and development service has three goals:

One solution on the market is Qualtrics. This advanced survey software program has many features including survey customisation, online software, hosted data and data can be exported to SPSS and many other products for analysis. See Qualtrics homepage for more information and to request a quote.<img alt="Qualtrics.jpg" class="file-image, img-left" src="/bitcache/9fb573c134c78df8cbfa06ff1ba96067e64e0c9e?vid=208309" style="max-width: 640px; max-height: 640px; width: 123px; height: 111px;" title="Qua