Tools for Researchers
Funding Portal
Includes current funding opportunities; links to sponsors of biomedical research; upcoming sponsor deadlines; resources to assist you in your search for research funding.
LabArchives Electronic Lab Notebook
Required for wet lab research at MUSC, easily organize, search and share your scientific data in a powerful electronic lab notebook.
Developing Technology
How to manage discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property and how to advance your discoveries; Foster innovation and entrepreneurship.
Sustainability Resources for Researchers
MUSC Green Lab Certification Program
Learn how to reduce waste, lower water & energy usage, share materials and equipment, and become more involved in the environmental and sustainability community.
Recycling Contact
This is the email contact to request recycling bins and recycling information for the labs. The information given will be in the form of an in-person training session with the Sustainability Department.
Library
This resource provides digital access to over 20,000 e-journals and over 100,000 e-books as well as free document delivery. A library faculty member can help with database searches and alerts, systematic reviews, NIH Biosketch, PMC info and Animal Alternative Research. There are computer labs & classrooms for faculty and staff use. Laptops/mobile device support is also apart of the library services.
Research Data Overview
Information about MUSC data sources including Epic, MUSC Data Warehouse, and Research Data Warehouse (RDW)
Electronic Medical Record Access (PDF)
Policy and process for requesting and obtaining access to Epic electronic medical record (EMR) for external research monitors/sponsor auditors.
Research Dashboards
Designed to provide a comprehensive overview of research funding and expenditures (MUSC login required).
MUSC Approval Plan for Research (MAP-R)
Find the regulatory and institutional approvals needed before you begin your study.
NIH Grant Process
Learn about each step in the grants process from planning to apply through developing and submitting your application to award and post-award reporting.
CITI Training
Web-based human research course that satisfies the requirement for researchers at MUSC for training in human research subjects protection.
Author Guidelines (PDF)
Provides guidance on authorship and procedures for avoiding and resolving author disputes.
HESCRegistry
NIH approved widely used stem cells.
REDCap
A free, secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.
MUSC’s Quality Improvement (QI) Self-Certification Tool
This tool can help investigators determine whether their project qualifies as research, quality improvement, or program evaluation.
Implementation Science Telehealth Toolkit (PDF)
Interdisciplinary clinical and research teams engaged in the implementation of telehealth innovations can find guidance to design and conduct dissemination and implementation evaluations.
SCresearch.org
South Carolina Research Studies directory designed specifically to help people locate research studies.
Palmetto Profiles
Palmetto Profiles allows for new ways to network and collaborate between researchers, between mentors and mentees, between the research community and industry partners, and much more.
ReGARDD
The Regulatory Guidance for Academic Research of Drugs and Devices (ReGARDD) website provides academic researchers with the regulatory tools and resources necessary to successfully navigate the pathway from discovery to clinical implementation of new drugs, biologics and medical devices.
RMID
Provides unique numeric identifier that links a research study across multiple MUSC electronic research systems. The purpose of the RMID is to allow for accurate identification of research studies, improve tracking and reporting of institutional research metrics, and increase data accuracy across the system.
University Boilers
Find Institutional information about the Medical University of South Carolina to guide the development of the resources and facilities portion of your proposal, as well as MUSC Fact Sheets.
