Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Open Access Publishing Support Fund

The Scholarly Communication and Publishing Committee has instituted a new, streamlined process for applying to the Open Access Publishing Support Fund. This fund covers a percentage of the cost of author submission fees, to support the ability of researchers to publish in established open access peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed journals that have an open access option.

For more information, see the fund description page. To apply for funds, fill out the application form.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

PubMed search tool for PMCIDs

Researchers subject to the NIH Public Access Policy take note: there is a new way to discover PMCIDs for articles you need to cite in grant proposals.

PubMed has added a two-way conversion tool between PubMed IDs (PMIDs) and PubMed Central IDs (PMCIDs). It accepts any number of identifiers, to make batch-processing possible.

Remember that citing the PMCID, not the PMID, demonstrates compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Mathematics and Biology Symposium

A Mathematics and Biology Symposium (register here) devoted to data-driven science will be held September 2–3 at the Ebling Symposium Center. From the event summary:

Dramatic, continuing growth in the amounts and types of data available for deep understanding of life is fueling profound advances in the analytical tools and modes of inquiry employed in biological research. This symposium is borne of the conviction that breakthroughs in 21st century biology and biomedicine increasingly will come from strategies based in mathematics, computer sciences, and related disciplines. Similarly, challenges in biological research are providing raw material and impetus for advances in mathematics, statistics, computing, engineering and associated fields. Nurturing these synergistic relationships thus offers profound benefits across the full spectrum of biological, mathematical and physical sciences.