InfoEd Global

InfoEd Global is an American software company that specializes in electronic research administration (eRA) — the systems that universities, research institutions, and corporations use to find funding, manage sponsored projects, and stay compliant with research regulations. The company is headquartered in Albany, New York, and describes itself as the world's leading provider of software to support electronic research administration. Its product line is built around a turnkey suite of research management applications designed to help organizations obtain funding, deliver results, and manage everything in between faster and better. The company traces its origins to the introduction of SPIN, which it describes as the first search engine for locating research funding opportunities. SPIN was created by company founder Edward Johnson Sr., an industry insider who had worked in the research administration space. At a time when researchers relied on telephones and fax machines to locate research funds, InfoEd applied technology to replace manual processes, saving time, money, and resources while making a vastly larger pool of funding accessible to the R&D community. That founding product evolved into the SPIN Global Suite, which remains one of the company's flagship offerings for researchers and principal investigators seeking matched funding opportunities. InfoEd Global's portfolio has grown to more than 20 modules spanning almost a dozen areas of sponsored projects administration. Beyond SPIN, the suite includes animal facilities research software for tracking the disposition of animals throughout the research lifecycle, clinical trials software that links trials to related protocols, grants, contracts, publications, and conflict-of-interest records, and a broad set of research compliance and administrative applications. The company positions these tools as turnkey solutions that make every step of research administration easier, more organized, and faster. Alongside its software, InfoEd Global provides professional services through a dedicated team that partners with institutions on training and roll-out, data and technical IT support, system integrations, business and research process reviews and analysis, accreditation consulting, and productivity and capability enhancement. These services include business process reviews, research administration and compliance consulting, server configurations and upgrades, data conversions, rollout plans, web services and system integration, and testing and test script development. The company markets itself as offering more than products — a professional team to partner with an institution. Geographically, InfoEd Global serves customers worldwide, with its United States headquarters in Albany, New York — a city it notes sits at the convergence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and is part of a fast-growing technology community sometimes called the "Silicon Valley of the East." The company also established an office in Perth, Australia, to serve Australasian and Asian customers. InfoEd Global states that its approach has produced over 20 years of sustained growth and service to the research community, and its about page cites 30 years of experience in defining standards for electronic research administration systems. The company remains privately held and continues to develop and support eRA solutions for research institutions around the world.

InfoEd Global began when company founder Edward Johnson Sr. introduced SPIN, which the company describes as the first search engine for locating research funding opportunities. Johnson was an industry insider who had worked in the research administration space for years, and the launch of SPIN represented a significant technological leap for a field in which researchers used telephones and fax machines to locate research funds. By applying technology to what had been manual processes, InfoEd saved time, money, and resources while making a vastly larger pool of money accessible to the R&D community. From that founding product, the company built out a broader suite of electronic research administration (eRA) tools. Over time it developed more than 20 modules spanning almost a dozen areas of sponsored projects administration, covering everything from funding discovery to animal facilities management, clinical trials, and research compliance. The company's about page cites 30 years of experience in defining the standards for electronic research administration systems, while its products page cites over 20 years of sustained growth and service to the research community. InfoEd Global established its United States headquarters in Albany, New York, the capital of New York State, located at the convergence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and part of a technology community sometimes called the "Silicon Valley of the East." The company also opened an office in Perth, Australia, to serve its Australasian and Asian customers, extending its reach beyond North America. As the eRA market matured, InfoEd Global expanded beyond software into professional services, assembling a team to partner with institutions on training and roll-out, data and technical IT support, system integrations, business and research process reviews and analysis, accreditation consulting, and productivity and capability enhancement. This services arm was designed to help organizations maximize the value of their InfoEd software investment and to guide projects from strategy to completion. The company continues to market its solutions to universities, research institutions, and corporations worldwide, positioning itself as the world's leading provider of software to support electronic research administration. It remains privately held and headquartered in Albany, New York.

• Company founder Edward Johnson Sr. introduces SPIN, described as the first search engine for locating research funding opportunities.

• InfoEd Global establishes its United States headquarters in Albany, New York.

• InfoEd Global opens an office in Perth, Australia, to serve Australasian and Asian customers.

• Company develops more than 20 modules spanning almost a dozen areas of sponsored projects administration.

The world's leading provider of software to support electronic research administration, offering turnkey research management solutions for universities, institutions, and corporations.

• SPIN Global Suite

  A single solution for researchers and principal investigators to search for and be matched with ideally suited funding opportunities.

• Animal Facilities Research Software

  Software that shows the precise disposition of every animal at every moment throughout the entire research lifecycle.

• Clinical Trials Research Software

  Software that links trials to related protocols, grants, contracts, publications, and conflict-of-interest records.

• Research Administration Software Systems

  Electronic research administration systems software supported by a full range of professional services.

1. 1InfoEd Global official website homepageinfoedglobal.com
2. 2About - InfoEd Global eRA Researchinfoedglobal.com
3. 3Research Administration Software - Professional Research Team Servicesinfoedglobal.com
4. 4Research Administrative Software Solutionsinfoedglobal.com
5. 5InfoEd Global (United States) - Wikidatawikidata.org