Máire Geoghegan-Quinn appeals to research chiefs Carlos Moedas and Jean-Eric Paquet to keep R&D programme focused on excellence, rather than even spread of winners.

New ‘G6’ group of top French, German, Italian and Spanish institutes aims for more collaboration, and to ‘make sure politicians understand the urgency’ of science investment

Already the world's second biggest R&D spender behind the United States, China is steadily narrowing the gap, according to a government report released last week.

Researchers warn that the country's science infrastructure is at risk of collapse if austerity measures continue.

Many countries on continent have not repaired cuts made during financial crisis, despite economic growth

Wellcome’s director offers a stark warning about the trust’s future in the UK.

US agency plans to create a central reporting system and launch training and education campaigns.

For first time in decades, lawmakers finish measure before new fiscal year begins.

Two years after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced an audacious plan to use their Facebook fortune to try and end disease in their children's lifetime, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has ballooned to 250 people. 

For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.

Agency reminds researchers to report foreign ties, keep peer reviews confidential.

In an era of flat budgets for the agency, Jim Bridenstine has started talking about corporate sponsorships for NASA missions.

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will donate the money to help students underrepresented in physics.

Alzheimer’s disease will receive 2.3 billion USD, the biggest chunk of change devoted to one of the NIH’s various interests.

Data shows 90% of engineering and physical sciences funding in UK goes to male-led projects

The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.

The US military agency is worried the country could lose its edge in semiconductor chips with the end of Moore’s Law.

Got an idea that could transform the world? NSF is launching a new contest offers prizes for "biggest" research ideas. On 31 August NSF will begin accepting online entries for the contest. Anyone can submit an idea - from individual scientists to professional societies to a high school science class.

Under the current slate of legislation, moderate increases would allow agency research dollars to continue their recent growth.

Today we're announcing a GBP250m not-for-profit fund. Director Jeremy Farrar explains how the new Wellcome Leap Fund will accelerate discovery and innovation.