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Love Data Week 2026: DMS Trivia Challenge Brings Energy, Competition, and Community
What happens when you mix analysts, clinical research staff, directors, PhD students, marketing leaders, agile operations managers, and add walk-up songs and a Party Rocker? You get the first-ever DMS Trivia Challenge at Love Data Week 2026. Hosted by the Becker Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Team, the event brought together 11 teams representing roles [Read more]
NIH DMS Plan Format Updates, 2026 Edition: What to Know
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement an updated format for Data Management and Sharing Plans (DMSPs) effective May 25, 2026 (NOT-OD-26-046). While the underlying 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy remains unchanged, this new format reflects NIH’s broader effort to reduce administrative burden and improve consistency in how plans are written, reviewed, [Read more]
March 2026 Scholarly Communications Round-up
Learn more about policy impact, a new initiative from ACAAI for authors who publish in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and readings related to ethical considerations in academic publishing including AI and guest editor practices.