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NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has slashed budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year.

AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise

AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise

It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

Gendered AI Design Reflects and Reinforces Society's Biases

When AI tools are designed with a gender, they don't just encode gendered values they also encourage users to engage with them in biased ways.

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated

A proposed overhaul of US federal grant rules has been debated mainly as a fight over political control of science. But, Rob Johnson argues, it would also reshape how publicly funded research is communicated and shared across borders, with consequences far beyond the United States.


 

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities

Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR) is a new international peer reviewed journal that publishes commentaries, reviews, article and analyses of research management, governance, dissemination, practice, theory and assessment.

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

The Lack of Women at the Top of the Academic Ladder is Driven by Unequal Childcare Responsibilities

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment.