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Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance

Google's True Origin Partly Lies in CIA and NSA Research Grants for Mass Surveillance

The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Female Grant Applicants Are Equally Successful When Peer Reviewers Assess the Science, but Not When They Assess the Scientist

Avoiding bias in grant review is necessary to ensure the best research is funded, regardless of who proposes it.

Macron to Award US Climate Scientists 'Make Our Planet Great Again' Grants

Macron to Award US Climate Scientists 'Make Our Planet Great Again' Grants

French President Emmanuel Macron will award U.S. climate scientists with grants to conduct research in France for the remainder of President Trump’s current presidential term.

Male Researchers Given 8 Prestigious Grants, Women Get None

Male Researchers Given 8 Prestigious Grants, Women Get None

"We've been very concerned for a long time about the difference in success rates for men and women applying to our various schemes," said Professor Anne Kelso, CEO of the NHMRC.

DOE to Award $99 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

DOE to Award $99 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a proposed $99 million in Fiscal Year 2018 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate transformative scientific advances for the most challenging topics in materials sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, and biosciences.

ERC Consolidator Grants: 630 Million Euro from the EU to 329 Top Researchers

ERC Consolidator Grants: 630 Million Euro from the EU to 329 Top Researchers

The ERC has announced today the awarding of the Consolidator Grants that go to 329 top researchers across Europe.

Commission Launches €2 Million Horizon Prize in Social Innovation

Commission Launches €2 Million Horizon Prize in Social Innovation

The European Commission today launched a Horizon Prize in Social Innovation to improve the mobility of older people.

Science holds the key to a more sustainable farm future

Science holds the key to a more sustainable farm future

As work on 2018 farm bill picks up pace, remember money spent on agricultural science is money well spent.

Congress Offers Defense Scientists a Bigger Payday

Congress Offers Defense Scientists a Bigger Payday

Congress has given government scientists working at U.S. defense laboratories an opportunity for a much bigger payoff—up to $500,000 per year—if their research is a commercial success.

 

The Cruel World of Funding Peer Review

The Cruel World of Funding Peer Review

Early career researchers face a cruel world these days. Even though they are an increasingly diverse cohort, they are still generally imagined as young, full-time academics without significant outside commitments.

UK Government Announces Research-Spending Hike Ahead of Budget

UK Government Announces Research-Spending Hike Ahead of Budget

Pledge to raise country's public research funding to £12.5 billion in 2021–22.

Data Sharing from Clinical Trials — A Research Funder’s Perspective

Data Sharing from Clinical Trials — A Research Funder’s Perspective

The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation share a common vision for maximizing the value of data that are generated through the trials they fund.

Bill Gates Makes $100 Million Personal Investment to Fight Alzheimer's

Bill Gates Makes $100 Million Personal Investment to Fight Alzheimer's

Gates to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease.

NIH Awards to Test Ways to Store, Access, Share, and Compute on Biomedical Data in the Cloud

NIH Awards to Test Ways to Store, Access, Share, and Compute on Biomedical Data in the Cloud

NIH Data Commons Pilot Phase to seek best practices for developing and managing a data commons.