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Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Funding Radar: €160,000 for Open Science Policy Research
The Global Research Initiative on Open Science has opened its first call for projects that synthesise evidence for policy.
EU Research Funding Should Do More to Support Scholars at Risk, Advocates Say
EU Research Funding Should Do More to Support Scholars at Risk, Advocates Say
Afghanistan is the latest test case for how Europe helps researchers threatened at home or fleeing abroad.
How Much of the Scientific Literature is Generated by AI?
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track
Keeping Clinical Trials on an Inclusive Track
Trial disruptions threaten efforts to improve the lack of diversity in clinical research.
What is Ethical Knowledge Brokering?
EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
EU Governments Hatch Plan to Secure Key Role in Next Horizon Europe
Leaked documents contain measures calculated to strengthen role of EU member states in strategic priority setting.
Could Agentic AI Topple Grant-Funding Systems?
Trump Fires Independent Board Overseeing National Science Foundation
Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate
Nothing is "100% Human Authored" - LSE Impact
Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, creative human individual.
Can ChatGPT Evaluate Research Environments?
Can Large Language Models (LLMs) support the process or validate expert evaluations? ChatGPT-4o mini scores correlated positively with expert scores in almost all 34 (field-based) Units of Assessment (UoAs).
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
Teaching early-career researchers how to respond to peer reviewers
Teaching early-career researchers how to respond to peer reviewers
This article describes a course module that introduces MSc students at Utrecht University in the Netherlands to this part of the publication process.
Researchers Show Strong Interest in MSCA Staff Exchange 2026 Call
Sci Hub has created a new AI chatbot. Is it any good?
Largest illegal database of scientific papers has gaps in recently published literature, but its chatbot can still prove useful—especially for less-timely questions
Europe Should Align Research and Innovation Policy with its Energy Security Goals
Europe Should Align Research and Innovation Policy with its Energy Security Goals
New technologies are needed to help break the EU’s dependence on foreign energy supplies.
Israeli Participation in Horizon Europe Halves as Boycotts Bite
Israeli Participation in Horizon Europe Halves as Boycotts Bite
Country’s wars against Iran and Lebanon have renewed debate over whether Europe should sever research ties.
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
'Staggering' Number of People Believe Unproven Claims About Vaccines, Raw Milk and More
Outlining Scalable Policy Pathways to Address the Planetary Crisis
UNU-CPR and partners launch new report translating breakthrough science into actionable policy for planetary health.