IRIS researchers taking part in ICSSI conference

Jun 23, 2023 | News, Research

IRIS researchers Matthew VanEseltine, Jinsoek Kim and Jason Owen-Smith will participate in the International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation conference June 26-29 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. VanEseltine will present during a session...

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Aimee Roundtree of Texas State University and Bethan Cantwell of Michigan State University elected to IRIS board; José Román of Rutgers University re-elected

May 24, 2023 | News

Two new members of the IRIS Board of Directors were elected this month: Dr. Aimee Roundtree, Associate Dean of Research in Liberal Arts and Faculty Fellow in the Division of Research at Texas State University; and Bethan Cantwell, Assistant Provost for Institutional...

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Two additional public universities in Texas join IRIS

May 23, 2023 | News

Texas State University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center recently became members of IRIS, in addition to the five other public universities in Texas that have joined IRIS since late 2022. All together, 8 public higher education institutions in Texas...

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GAO report on drug development and federal funding features IRIS data 

May 15, 2023 | News

Data from IRIS and publications based on them were recently featured in a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on federal contributions to development of new drugs. The report, titled “Better Data Will Improve Understanding of Federal...

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IRIS Managing Director Nancy Calvin-Naylor leaving for Assistant Vice Provost position at University of Michigan

May 4, 2023 | News

IRIS Managing Director Nancy Calvin-Naylor has taken a new position in the U-M Office of the Provost, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs, effective May 15. For the past seven years, Nancy has worked to expand the IRIS consortium and build the...

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Research Highlight: “Science Interrupted: Funding delays reduce research activity but having more grants helps,” PLOS ONE

May 4, 2023 | News, Publications, Research

“Science, interrupted: Funding delays reduce research activity but having more grants helps,” a paper that uses the IRIS UMETRICS dataset, was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE. Author: Wei Yang Tham, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard University....

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