Announcements, Science and Informatics
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Weekly office hours sessions resume Tuesday, July 12, 2022, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
Category: Science and Informatics
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Prepare for NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans Using the DMPTool
Beginning with the January 25, 2023 grant cycle, the NIH will enact a policy requiring all NIH grant submissions to include a two page Data Management and Sharing plan (henceforth referred to as the plan). The plan outlines how the investigator will store, protect, and ultimately share research data generated from NIH funds. You can begin [Read more]
Mastering Information, Science and Informatics
Get ready! NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy effective in one year
The impending NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy may have once felt like a distant consideration, but (Happy New Year!) it is now 2022, and implementation is under a year from today. Starting with the Jan. 25, 2023 grant cycle, all NIH grant submissions will be required to include a two-page data management and sharing [Read more]
Science and Informatics
Free SAS, SPSS and MATLAB Software for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
The Research Pod at Becker Library offers several software titles available for students and the Washington University School of Medicine for free. In addition, WashU’s Information Technology Software Licensing team manages site licenses for a variety of software for campus-wide access, free of charge or at a discounted cost. Undergraduate and graduate students can access [Read more]
Announcements, Science and Informatics
Becker Library to expand data management and sharing services
Starting with the Jan. 25, 2023, grant cycle, all NIH grant submissions will be required to include a two-page data management and sharing plan. The plan outlines how the investigator will store, protect, and ultimately share research data generated from NIH funds. In response to this new NIH requirement, as well as growing data management [Read more]
Mastering Information, Science and Informatics
Prepare for NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans Using the DMPTool
Create your NIH Data Management and Sharing plan using templates from DMPTool.
Science and Informatics
Resources to fight COVID-19 misinformation
Spreading health misinformation can be a matter of life and death. These resources provide shareable, accurate information.
Announcements, Science and Informatics
NCI Cancer Moonshot Public Access and Data Sharing Policy
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a Policy, Public Access and Data Sharing, for publications and data in 2016 to allow for sharing of data and knowledge about cancer among researchers, clinicians and patients to improve cancer outcomes.
Mastering Information, Science and Informatics
Free SAS E-Learning Now Available to WashU Users
Educators and students have access to the SAS suite of tools for statistical and predictive analytics.
Mastering Information, Science and Informatics
How to Use RStudio Projects to Structure R Working Directories
RStudio is a popular integrated development environment (IDE) with several point-and-click features that make using the R programming language and software environment easier. It works on multiple Operating Systems (OS) including Windows, macOS, Linux, and the online RStudio Cloud version. How R interacts with directories and the OS is very important. The current working directory [Read more]