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Experts Call for ‘People Before Projects’ Revamp

Experts Call for ‘People Before Projects’ Revamp

New report from influential group recommends ditching large-scale projects in favour of funding outstanding individual researchers, getting rid of submission deadlines and awarding smaller grants to make the pie go further.

NIH Overhead Plan Draws Fire

NIH Overhead Plan Draws Fire

President Donald Trump's administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research back to a boil.

White House’s 2018 Budget Plan Would “Devastate” R&D

White House’s 2018 Budget Plan Would “Devastate” R&D

The double-digit percentage cuts President Donald Trump is proposing in his fiscal 2018 budget plan for science and technology programs would “devastate America’s science and technology enterprise” and weaken the nation’s economic growth.

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding

Report Lists Universities and Disciplines Most Dependent on EU Research and Innovation Funding

A new report jointly commissioned from the Technopolis Group by the UK’s four national academies reveals exactly where EU funding goes, what kind of activities it supports and what other investment it attracts.

Trump Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Medicaid, Science, and Biomedical Funding

Trump Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to Medicaid, Science, and Biomedical Funding

Despite criticism of an earlier draft of the budget proposal, the new proposal indicates the White House is determined to stay its course.

Ways to Remove Greenhouse Gases to Be Investigated with New £2m Grant

Ways to Remove Greenhouse Gases to Be Investigated with New £2m Grant

An Imperial-led study will focus on how the world can meet climate change targets by removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

People Don't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved

People Don't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved

Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn't really help.

NIH to Cap Grants for Well-Funded Investigators

NIH to Cap Grants for Well-Funded Investigators

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans last week to impose a new grant scoring system that would cap how much support an investigator can receive from the agency.

Biotech Execs, Academic Leaders Make Case for NIH Funding at White House Meeting

Biotech Execs, Academic Leaders Make Case for NIH Funding at White House Meeting

New York City investor organized discussion to explain biomedical “ecosystem” to Trump officials

New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars

New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars

NIH puts forward a new approach to make sure that it is exercising optimum stewardship of the funds.

NIH to Get a $2 Billion Funding Boost as Congress Rebuffs Trump’s Call for Cuts

NIH to Get a $2 Billion Funding Boost as Congress Rebuffs Trump’s Call for Cuts

The NIH will get a $2 billion funding hike under a bipartisan spending agreement reached late Sunday, as Congress rebuffed Trump's call for cuts.

NSF’s Uphill Road to Making Prestigious Early Career Award More Diverse

NSF’s Uphill Road to Making Prestigious Early Career Award More Diverse

Applicants for the Waterman will get more time to demonstrate excellence.

If Trump Wants to Make America Great Again, the Nation Should Spend More on R&D, Not Less

If Trump Wants to Make America Great Again, the Nation Should Spend More on R&D, Not Less

The president’s proposed cuts to research funding would cripple American innovation. We should be spending more on R&D, not less.

Too Many Studies Have Hidden Conflicts of Interest. A New Tool Makes It Easier to See Them.

Too Many Studies Have Hidden Conflicts of Interest. A New Tool Makes It Easier to See Them.

PubMed, the Google of scientific search, is now publishing funding information in its abstracts.

Federal Funding for Basic Research Led to the Gene-Editing Revolution. Don't Cut It.

Federal Funding for Basic Research Led to the Gene-Editing Revolution. Don't Cut It.

Patients in red states and blue states alike benefit from work funded by the National Institutes of Health

Funding Increased to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

Funding Increased to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

More than one billion people in the poorest countries are affected by treatable diseases.

How A Budget Squeeze Can Lead To Sloppy Science And Even Cheating

How A Budget Squeeze Can Lead To Sloppy Science And Even Cheating

The hypercompetitive world of biomedical research occasionally drives scientists to cheat. More often, scientists make decisions that undercut their results. That can lead colleagues astray.

Bulgaria Risks Losing Funding for Research Infrastructure Modernisation

Bulgaria Risks Losing Funding for Research Infrastructure Modernisation

Bulgaria is set to lose millions of euros in EU funding aimed at modernising the country’s research infrastructure and stimulating its innovation potential, apparently due to its inability to select independent evaluators.