No regrets, says outgoing EPSRC chief David Delpy
Chief Executive of the ESPRC, has no regrets over the introduction of the council's exercise which prioritises funding according to UK strength and national importance.
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On identifying rising stars in ecology
Comment on the paper Predicting publication success for biologists.
Gather and use genetic data in health care
An article on what is needed for personalized medicine to be reality. "Research into how genetic variants can guide successful treatments must become part of routine medical practice and records", says Geoffrey Ginsburg.
Europe needs a single system for competitive research funding
At some point we must decide whether we want excellent science or nationally representative science.
Discrimination starts even before grad school, study finds
Instructors at 259 US institutions were, on average, more likely to respond to fake email requests for mentoring if the senders' names sounded white and male.
Ten simple rules for the care and feeding of scientific data
By Goodman A, Pepe A, Blocker AW, Borgman CL, Cranmer K, et al. (2014).
Predicting scientific success based on coauthorship networks
Paper challenging the perception of citations as an objective, socially unbiased measure of scientific success.
Science's shameful secret
At the frontiers of scientific discovery, there is a growing problem. Can we still trust our scientists?
The perils of REF 'irradiation'
Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible.
OA Button project starts work on Version 2.0
The Open Access Button is seeking £20,000 of funding for Version 2.0 of the tool, which is planned for launch in this October's Open Access Week.
Thaw in EU-Swiss relations lends hope for Horizon 2020
The EU Commission will consider improving Switzerland's status under Horizon 2020, following the announcement by the Swiss government of a plan to facilitate the immigration of Croatian nationals.
Ioannidis helps lead center to analyze how science goes wrong
At the new Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford, or Metrics, John P.A. Ioannidis and Steven N. Goodman, both professors of medicine at Stanford, plan to study how research is done, and how it can be done better.
Visa will support international mobility for top researchers in UK
The Wellcome Trust and the RCUK plan to pilot a streamlined endorsement process to make it easier for outstanding international researchers to obtain Tier 1 Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise visas.
Investing in partnerships in research and innovation
The EU Parliament has adopted a package of public-private and public-public research partnerships worth up to €22bn.
A change in the resubmission policy
The NIH is to allow researchers to base new grant applications on ideas that have previously been rejected for funding.
Foreign aid turns to research
Foreign aid turns to research
The UK has launched a five-year US$630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers in developing countries that will focus on economic development.
The cost of academic publishing
What could the UK academic community do with £14.5 million? That is what just 19 Universities in the UK are spending in total during a single year on journal subscriptions to a single publisher.
Is UK humanities research reaching the widest possible audience?
Report points to 'serious dangers for the international standing of UK research' in humanities and social sciences.
Science tools anyone can afford
Science tools anyone can afford
"Today people look at these extraordinary labs and forget that in the 1800s they could still do the exact same science." -- Manu Prakash
Ten simple rules for reproducible computational research
Good habits of reproducibility may actually turn out to be a time-saver in the longer run.
Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws
Four prominent academics call for an overhaul of the US biomedical research workforce.
Triennial review of the RCUK
Triennial review of the RCUK
Triennial review examining the form, function and governance of the UK’s seven Research Councils.
Changing winds in science funding
Bias can taint scientific research, as conclusions are sensitive to the conscious and unconscious choices scientists make in study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
We can fix peer review now
Scientists are asked to comment on static, final, published versions of papers, with virtually no potential to improve the articles. This is the state of post-publication peer review today.
How to create a successful science blog
Setting up your own science blog is a great way to publicise a field that is close to your heart, hone your writing skills and make a name for yourself
The post-doctoral situation: interview with Gregory Petsko
Gregory Petsko discusses some of his own findings about the post-doctoral situation: "We asked institutions to tell us how many post-docs they had. Almost without exception, they couldn't do it."
Nations chasing Harvard merge colleges to ascend rankings
Countries from Finland to Portugal are shaping their higher education policies based on outside rankings, eager for the validation and attention the annual lists bestow, even while they are criticized as flawed or misleading.
Member states told to welcome researchers
Researchers and students are struggling with obstructive rules on immigration to the EU that urgently need updating: scientists from countries outside the EU are not being made welcome and often face problems in moving freely between member states.
EU snub leaves Swiss research community in limbo
The financing of the flagship Human Brain Project is secured through 2016. But what about its future?
Trial to see how treatment can fight cancer set to begin this year
Cancer Research UK, AstraZeneca and Pfizer to create a pioneering clinical trial for patients with advanced lung cancer
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