SmartSimple is an enthusiastic supporter of innovation and open standards and as a provider of research management systems to member organizations the company is excited to formally join the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI) as an implementation associate.
This partnership ensures that SmartSimple is well positioned to support the market’s desire for meaningful common standards and interoperability.
We are pleased to announce that eVision will join CASRAI as an Implementation Associate at the Leader level.
Abderrahim Loukili, eVision President noted: "CASRAI was founded in July 2006 by the Directors of eVision to promote standardization in the research administration field. During the last couple of years, we were pleased to see new organizations joining and adhering to CASRAI. As a Canadian leader providing process automation solutions in the research domain, we are very proud to announce eVision official join to CASRAI."
York University has joined the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information (CASRAI), a not-for-profit standards development organization specializing in standardizing research data.
“York University is pleased to partner with CASRAI and support its initiatives to streamline the research administration process,” said Robert Haché, York’s vice-president research & innovation. “The continued development of these standards will help our researchers save time and improve efficiency during the funding application process.”
Universities and researchers will be able to improve the efficiencies of their research and remove obstacles in their collaborations, thanks to a new strategic partnership between the UK and Canada.
The Board of CASRAI and the Board of euroCRIS are delighted to announce their intention to cooperate in the development of a common administrative vocabulary for the international research community and best practices in interoperable research information management systems.
We're happy to announce the launch of our new website. This relaunch has been in the works for a while and we're quite pleased with the results.
You should see immediately the slight changes in look but major changes in structure. We don't yet have all our content posted but we are working on it and expect to have new content posted daily for the next little while.
Established in 1827, the University of Toronto has one of the strongest research and teaching faculties in North America, presenting top students at all levels with an intellectual environment unmatched in depth and breadth on any other Canadian campus. With more than 75,000 students across three campuses (St. George, Mississauga and Scarborough) and over 450,000 alumni active in every region of the world, U of T's influence is felt in every area of human endeavour.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is the federal agency that promotes and supports postsecondary-based research and training in the humanities and social sciences. Through its programs and policies, SSHRC enables the highest levels of research excellence in Canada, and facilitates knowledge-sharing and collaboration across research disciplines, universities and all sectors of society.
EuroCRIS is mandated by the European Commission to maintain, develop and promote CERIF (Common European Research Information Format) a European Union Recommendation to member states. A not-for-profit association since 2002 – although existing as an unofficial association since 1991 – euroCRIS has members in almost all continents and has encouraged CERIF to be a national standard in 8 countries and utilised in many organisations in more than 30 countries. CERIF is a data model which can be implemented as a CRIS (Current Research Information System) or used for system interoperation.
In April, 2009 the federal Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) program funded Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to establish the new Ocean Networks Canada Centre for Enterprise and Engagement (ONCCEE) as Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Ocean Observing Systems. ONCCEE’s mission is to position Canada as an international leader in ocean observing system science and technology by maximizing the associated socio-economic benefits through commercialization and outreach programs.
