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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
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.
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
Scientists fear a crackdown on embryo research if President Trump pays attention to scientific advances.
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.
If Funders and Libraries Subscribed to Open Access
Considerations of open access models that can work across disciplines. The case of ELife, PLoS, and BioOne.
Alibaba Is Plowing $15 Billion into R&D with 7 New Research Labs
Alibaba wants to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The advisory board includes Harvard's geneticist George Church and others.
European Commission to Invest €30 Billion in New Solutions for Societal Challenges and Breakthrough Innovation
Key Legislator Tells Trump Officials to Back off on Proposed Overhead Spending Cap for NIH
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board is the first public funder to launch their own publication platform.
Researchers Struggle to Fend off Deepening Budget Cuts
Federal spending on science has dropped by half in 5 years.
Patronage as a Research Crowdfunding Model
Patreon works differently to most other crowdfunding services. On Patreon, you donate a small amount regularly.
Making the Monograph Sustainable
What can be done to preserve the monograph.
Federal Funding: Stifled by Budgets, Not Irrelevance
The threat to US science does not come from scientists' assumptions, their commitment to investigator-initiated research or the research community's failure to tackle problems of public concern. It comes from an unrealistic system of draconian budget caps that stifle investment in the future.
Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding
Philanthropy’s no replacement for crucial government science funding, but that message can get lost amid the high-profile gifts. Some science funders are now backing a push to protect federal funding.
Sharing Grant Proposals Openly
Opening up science so that all stages of the process can benefit from better interaction and communication and to provide examples for early career scientists writing grants.
Open-Source, Commercial, Non-Profit, For-Profit: What Power Have You Got?
Open-Source, Commercial, Non-Profit, For-Profit: What Power Have You Got?
Non-profit is not synonymous with good, and for-profit is not synonymous with exploitation.