Institutional challenges of interdisciplinary research centers.

Journal of Research Administration;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......academic and research community, interdisciplinary research has become a catch phrase (Giacomini...our general understanding of interdisciplinary research and how it can be successfully...2005). Entities designated as interdisciplinary research centers abound in large universities...

Defining interdisciplinary research: conclusions from a critical review of...

Health Services Research;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......interdisciplinary/index.asp), describes interdisciplinary research as that which: integrates the...in informing observers about interdisciplinary research, they lack the precision needed...interdisciplinarity and the concept of interdisciplinary research varies across disciplines, ...

NIH LAUNCHES INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH CONSORTIA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Medical Research will fund nine interdisciplinary research consortia as a means of integrating...Institute or Center (IC). "The Interdisciplinary Research programs within the Roadmap embody...academic research culture to make interdisciplinary research easier to conduct for ...

Government expands women's health research

Pharmaceutical Representative;  October 1, 2000 ;     369 words ......to stimulate women's health research across a variety of...The program, Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health...opportunity to advance women's health research," said Vivian Pinn...services and public health research - to approach a ...

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research.(Book Review)

Research-Technology Management;  July 1, 2005 ;     521 words ...Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research; Committee on Science...facilitate and evaluate interdisciplinary research projects. The committee...institutions evaluate interdisciplinary research programs is often...

GOV. EASLEY PROCLAIMS APRIL 4 AS 'WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH DAY'

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 16, 2006 ;     435 words ......institutions to foster interdisciplinary research, and recognize that...knowledge to improve health and healthcare requires...involved in women's health research; and WHEREAS, according...Day exemplifies interdisciplinary research, spans all topics...2007, as "WOMEN'S ...

Coordinating interdisciplinary research

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......to be the coordinators of an interdisciplinary research study on bowel care in institutionalized...to consider taking the lead on interdisciplinary research. While our health care organization...jumped into action. What kind of interdisciplinary research could we undertake? One of ...

Interdisciplinary research and disciplinary toleration: a reply to Kitty...

The Journal of Business Communication;  April 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......with the social sciences--over interdisciplinary research that generally favors qualitative...difficulties associated with interdisciplinary research, she mentions almost exclusively...example, that we tend to avoid interdisciplinary research because we are more likely to...

Report offers steps to spur interdisciplinary research

Resource;  January 1, 2005 ;     365 words ......ones. At the same time, however, interdisciplinary research is impeded at many institutions...conduct, facilitate, and evaluate interdisciplinary research programs and projects," says...by which institutions evaluate interdisciplinary research programs is often imperfect...

Report offers steps to spur interdisciplinary research.(Update)

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  January 1, 2005 ;     365 words ......ones. At the same time, however, interdisciplinary research is impeded at many institutions...conduct, facilitate, and evaluate interdisciplinary research programs and projects, says Nancy...by which institutions evaluate interdisciplinary research programs is often imperfect...

Social network analysis to evaluate an interdisciplinary research...

Journal of Research Administration;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......health care delivery is through interdisciplinary research, which crosses the traditional...2004). The ultimate purpose of interdisciplinary research is to develop new knowledge or...of the challenges inherent in interdisciplinary research emanate from the isolation of...

University of Southern California Researchers Awarded NIH Grant...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......program designed to encourage interdisciplinary research. This new initiative, led by...called Exploratory Centers for Interdisciplinary Research. In essence, they are planning...and even fruitful -- to form interdisciplinary research teams. If successful, these grants...

Researchers Call for Debate on Health Research Before Vote, Recent...

Canadian Corporate News;  November 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......political parties intend to support health research on an ongoing basis. Strong, ongoing government support for health research is a vital component of Canadian...Coalition for Biomedical and Health Research, (CBHR). Unless parliamentarians...

Health research will shape this century

Research Money;  November 13, 2001 ;     674 words ......In today's knowledge-based economy, health research is a key driver of economic growth...creation of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. CIHR is Canada's lead federal health research agency, supporting over 5,000 health...

Research hospitals lobby for multi-year funding, national health research...

Research Money;  December 10, 2007 ;     398 words ......a national strategic framework for health research. In a 76-page report released November...calls on all players involved in health research, from governments and funding agencies...Canada to maximize investments in health research, innovation and commercialization...