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Commission Puts Forward €13.6B Research Budget for 2024, with €12.8B for Horizon Europe

Commission Puts Forward €13.6B Research Budget for 2024, with €12.8B for Horizon Europe

The European Commission wants the EU to spend a total €13.6 billion on research and innovation next year, with €12.8 billion going to Horizon Europe. That is €400M more for the research programme than 2023, but in the face of rampant inflation the European Parliament doesn't see this as a major increase.

Revealed: the Millions of Dollars in Time Wasted Making Papers Fit Journal Guidelines

Revealed: the Millions of Dollars in Time Wasted Making Papers Fit Journal Guidelines

For scientists submitting their papers to journals, there’s an all-too-familiar drill: spend hours formatting the paper to meet the journal’s guidelines; if the paper is rejected, sink more time into reformatting it for another journal; repeat. Now an analysis has put a price tag on all that busy work.

The Dark Universe: Can a Scientist Battling Long Covid Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos?

The Dark Universe: Can a Scientist Battling Long Covid Unlock the Mysteries of the Cosmos?

Since being laid low with the virus more than a year ago, Catherine Heymans can only operate in half-hour bursts. But her work could still change the way we understand the universe

Collective Action is Needed to Build a More Just Science System

Collective Action is Needed to Build a More Just Science System

The current science system is unjust - from the systems that determine its membership to its outputs and outcomes. This article advocates for contextually responsive, collective action to build a more just science system.

CNRS: Research Sets Sail for the Ocean

CNRS: Research Sets Sail for the Ocean

Oceans, which cover 70% of the planet, are in peril. Global research is mobilising to study and rescue it, and the CNRS is on the front lines, with over 1,000 scientists and 50 laboratories involved. An overview of the actions underway and the major challenges ahead, from the coasts to the depths of the sea.

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

Scientists are always at risk of digital harassment by bad actors looking to undermine scientific credibility and progress, but there are protective steps they can take.

Fight Against Insecurity of Research Careers is About to Enter the Spotlight

Fight Against Insecurity of Research Careers is About to Enter the Spotlight

Half of postdocs say they don’t have access to social security and many don’t have permanent contracts either. Now campaigners are putting pressure on the EU to lean on member states to improve working conditions for Europe’s young scientists.

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

We live in a society where scientific models surround us. They are used for everything from creating weather bulletins and making climate projections to providing economic forecasts and informing policies for public health.

Scientific Utopias: Scientific Enlightenment in the Stupid Questions Office

Scientific Utopias: Scientific Enlightenment in the Stupid Questions Office

Earlier this year, Nature co-sponsored a science-fiction essay competition. According to runner-up Miles Lizak's science-fiction essay, an ideal research institution would foster curiosity and collaboration, placing greater value on asking brave questions rather than claiming to know all the answers.

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission called for input from diverse stakeholders and FAS, along with partners Conservation X Labs (CXL), COMPASS, and the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), answered the call. Recruiting participants from academia, the private sector, national labs, and other nonprofits, the Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator produced 24 ideas […]

Data, Measurement and Empirical Methods in the Science of Science - Nature Human Behaviour

Data, Measurement and Empirical Methods in the Science of Science - Nature Human Behaviour

Liu and coauthors review the major data sources, measures and analysis methods in the science of science, discussing how recent developments in these fields can help researchers to better predict science-making outcomes and design better science policies.

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

There is an increasing focus in academic and policy circles on research-policy partnerships. These partnerships are often achieved through co-creation, whose role in international relations remains underdeveloped.

EU Council's 'No Pay' Publishing Model Draws Mixed Response

EU Council's 'No Pay' Publishing Model Draws Mixed Response

EU ministers have called for a ‘no pay’ academic-publishing model that bears no cost to readers or authors. Some academics have welcomed the proposed plans - but publishing industry representatives warn they are unrealistic.

EU and US Hatch Transatlantic Plan to Rein in ChatGPT

EU and US Hatch Transatlantic Plan to Rein in ChatGPT

The EU is calling on companies to join an international push to self-regulate generative artificial intelligence (AI) products such as ChatGPT, the chatbot launched last November that can write essays, engage in philosophical conversations and write computer code.

When Our Medical Students Learn Anatomy, They See a Person, Not a Specimen

When Our Medical Students Learn Anatomy, They See a Person, Not a Specimen

Thanks to an innovative program, when the students at a Taiwanese medical school learn anatomy, they see a person-not a specimen.

Big Science, Big Trouble? Understanding Conflict in and Around Big Science Projects and Networks

Big Science, Big Trouble? Understanding Conflict in and Around Big Science Projects and Networks

Many Big Science projects and networks experience conflict. Yet, so far, there is no theoretical model that explains which mechanisms connect conflict cause and outbreak in Big Science. 

Horizon Europe Was €34B Short in First Two Years According to Commission's New Analysis

Horizon Europe Was €34B Short in First Two Years According to Commission's New Analysis

A new European Commission report says the EU's €95.5 billion funding programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, needed an extra €34 billion to fund all high-quality proposals received in 2021 to 2022.

Why is India Dropping Evolution and the Periodic Table from School Science?

Why is India Dropping Evolution and the Periodic Table from School Science?

India's curriculum body needs to explain why it has removed foundational topics from school textbooks.

Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project

Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project

Harvard's William Kirby on China's higher education system and his book "Empires of Ideas"

Does International R&D Cooperation Under Institutional Agreements Have a Greater Impact Than Those Without Agreements?

Does International R&D Cooperation Under Institutional Agreements Have a Greater Impact Than Those Without Agreements?

Funding agencies (FAs) have increasingly engaged in international cooperation agreements (ICAs) to encourage world-class research and achieve more promising outcomes in the context of increasing competition for research resources. While the benefits of International Research Collaboration are largely supported by literature, less attention was paid to the influence of ICA on scientific and technological outputs. 

The Ecosystem: The Race is on to Choose Europe's Regional Innovation Valleys

The Ecosystem: The Race is on to Choose Europe's Regional Innovation Valleys

The European Commission plans to designate 100 locations across Europe as Regional Innovation Valleys, in a bid to strengthen innovation in EU priority areas and encourage collaboration between more and less advanced regions. 

Emotions: The Ultimate Lobbying Weapon

Emotions: The Ultimate Lobbying Weapon

No matter how they're used, and to whatever end, it's time to acknowledge that emotions are key in lobbying activities - and not always in the most visible or evident way.

Research on Extremist Narratives in Europe to Combat Them

Research on Extremist Narratives in Europe to Combat Them

Researchers from the Centre for Studies on Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID) of the UAB participate in the recently launched Horizon Europe project ARENAS (Analysis of and Responses to Extremist Narratives).

Switzerland Announces €625M in Backup Funding for Horizon Europe Applicants

Switzerland Announces €625M in Backup Funding for Horizon Europe Applicants

The Swiss Federal Council has announced €625 million in grants for researchers to participate this year in Horizon Europe and other EU programmes, such as Euratom, ITER and Digital Europe. Switzerland is not an associated country in Horizon Europe and is currently locked out of other EU programmes as well, which means Swiss researchers have no access to funding from the European Commission. However, they can participate in about two thirds of Horizon Europe calls, provided they have their own money.