The President of the Research Council of the SNSF will take office on 1 January 2017, succeeding Patrick Aebischer, who has had 16 years at the helm of EPFL.

Massimo Inguscio will take over from engineer Luigi Nicolais as president of Italy's largest research organization.

The NIH will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals.

The NSF announced its intention to hand out small grants later this year to dozens of institutions to test novel ways of broadening participation in science and engineering.

Children’s ages, peer environment quality, and recent funding affect decisions to move to new institutions, a new study suggests

Only one-third of trials at US medical centres are reported within two years of completion.

Science International has developed an international accord on the values of open data in the emerging scientific culture of big data. Endorsements are welcome until 1 May 2016.

New rules could stop state-funded scientists advising ministers and make it easier for companies and campaign groups to sway government decisions

ASAPbio meeting discusses the ins and outs of posting work online before peer review.

Paper underscores the limitations of peer review as a means of assessing grant applications in an era when typical success rates are often as low as about 10% in the US.

Moves to speed up the release of Zika virus research in response to the public health crisis highlight a systemic failure in scientific publishing.

Anders Hamsten, has resigned after acknowledging that he mishandled the prestigious Swedish institute's investigation into controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.