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A Huge New Milestone - 8,000+ Members!
We are pleased to report a new milestone has been reached by our community - we have now surpassed the 8,000-member mark!! The pace of growth continues to quicken as members join MyNetResearch from across the globe.

As of today, we have over 8,150 members, making us by far the largest research community in the world. Ideas are being discussed and exchanged, papers are being written and innovations are being created in our global online community.

Thanks to everyone for inviting colleagues, telling your Deans and Research Managers about us, and otherwise spreading the word. And of course, thanks to the entire MyNetResearch Team. Please continue to tell others about us and help to build our community.

***Bring a new member into MyNetResearch and we'll give you one more Free month of Premium Membership! See the limited-time offer here.

Put MyNetResearch on Your Web Site!
Please help to grow the community by putting a link to MyNetResearch on your web page. It would look like this:

I do my research at:


Simply copy this HTML code into your web page:

That's all there is to it. Thanks in advance.

An Insightful Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum!
Our Forums are a lively exchange community with hundreds of topics on different subjects!  Ask a question, answer a question, discuss a research idea or form new research collaborations.

It is an exciting, rewarding place to interact.  Share your views about a subject area, current event, or life as a researcher.  Visit our forums today and every day, at:  http://forums.mynetresearch.com

Discussion Threads from the MNR Forums (Click to visit)

Developing a Job Application Package

What's the Best Way to Choose a Dissertation Adviser?

Questions on Data Analysis

Consumer behavior on online shopping

Can North Korea be Controlled?

Seeking advice on Treaty Investor status.

How can MyNetResearch help me?  

Ask a US Immigration Lawyer
We have created a new forum to answer our members' questions about US Immigration. We are grateful to our friends and partners, Baumann, DeSeve, and Landau, one of the leading Immigration firms in the United States, for their willingness to share their knowledge and answer questions about US Immigration. We highly recommend them to you for all your US Immigration needs.

Baumann, DeSeve & Landau are located in Philadelphia, PA. They are among the oldest law firms in the United States with a practice limited to immigration law. The firm was established in 1980 and has come to be recognized as a leading firm in the field. Baumann, DeSeve & Landau’s reputation has been built through the successful representation of thousands of clients in all aspects of immigration proceedings.

Ask your questions in our forums at this link.

MyNetResearch Awards Competition 2009!!
We are pleased to announce the 2009 MyNetResearch Grant Awards Competition. We will award prizes of Institutional Licenses to three successful grant competition winners for their respective universities worth $50,000 each.

Each successful grant award will include a 1-year, 1000-user Institutional license for MyNetResearch at the awardee's university. The license gives research faculty and graduate students full use of MyNetResearch Premium features for one full year free-of-charge.

The competition is open to faculty at any university with a graduate program. This international award will be made for the most outstanding proposals that describe how e-Research collaborative portals can be used to advance collaborative research and knowledge sharing at their university.  The proposal should not be longer than 1,500 words.

For full information go to:  http://www.mynetresearch.com/Newsletters/Graphics/2009 Competition.htm

Invite a Colleague
We've made it easier for you to invite a friend or colleague to share the benefits of MyNetResearch. Don't keep something this good to yourself.

The bigger the community, the better the collaboration for everyone!! So, invite a colleague today by clicking here and entering up to 4 email addresses. We'll do the rest!

MNR Usage Tips
My Toolbox (Horizontal Toolbar)
Tools for the research enterprise play a critical part in the researcher's success.  MNR enhances its members’ research by providing powerful tools to help in various stages of any research project.  We will profile one tool in future newsletters.  Access to these tools is available to Premium and Institutional members.         

Datasets for Research:    Search among thousands of data sets from all subject areas and download them for your research. 

From the MNR Blog
“Collaboration - How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results”

This is the title of a recent book by Morten T. Hansen, (Harvard Business Press ISBN 978-1-4221-1515-2) resulting from fifteen years of research into internal collaboration within organizations. The conclusion is that the foundation of successful collaboration is leadership with strong management design. Hansen does not mention the use of information technology (video-conferencing, social networking, company blogging, or research communities like MyNetResearch.com) until at the end of the book and only briefly.

The primary reason is that technology enables and enacts the common objectives and collaborative culture created by organizational leaders. Technology without unifying people, cultivating rewards for both independent results and cross-unit contributions, and building networks crisscrossing the organization, is like carrying water in a bucket with holes. Achieving results is as impossible as carrying water with this bucket.

Another key to successful collaboration is deciding when to collaborate and when not to. This skill developed over time and is as much an art as a science. Referencing organizational goals is a solid decisional framework which aids this process.

Collaboration is a critical issue in our workplaces. Some interesting statistics from the April 28, 2008 issue of Businessweek: apparently, 82% of white-collar workers collaborate with co-workers. 51% of women like working together so that they can learn from others in comparison to 40% for men.

In terms of the different age groups, 18-24 year olds like working together the most (60%), followed by the 25-64 year olds (44%) and finally only 28% of the 65+ enjoy collaborating. Is the difference among age groups surprising to anyone? How will this predisposition to collaboration among the 18-24 group help or hinder collaboration in the workplace, especially in the research disciplines?

The MNR Wiki
The MNR Wiki is a member-created-and-managed collection of research consortia.  Let the world know about your research consortium by contributing information about your goals, participants, structure, and accomplishments to the Wiki today.  Examples of some of the Research Collaborations posted in MNR Wiki:

Iconix is working on several Bristol-Myers Squibb projects 

IDRC and Canada Research Chairs from the IRCI 
IIT, Delhi collaborates with UBC on the pressing problems of wireless communication system design 

ImmunoVaccine Technologies Signs Agreement with National Institutes of Health to Explore Vaccines for HIV and Malaria 

Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology to contribute to sustainable development in India

MNR Announcements
MyNetResearch is Seeking Sales Affiliates
We continue to offer exciting new opportunities in 2009 to Sales Affiliates. These affiliates will receive a sales commission for sales to universities or research institutes. For further details, email: admin@mynetresearch.com

If you have a contact Administrator who would like to chat with us about MyNetResearch and a free trial site license, pass on their information to us and we will be happy to call them. They can also apply online for a 3-month free trial here.

Best Regards from the MyNetResearch Team!!