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MIT Study: NIH Funding Helps Generate Private-Sector Patents
New research shows large spillover from the lab to commercial activity.
The Applied Value of Public Investments in Biomedical Research
Over a 27-year period, 10% of NIH grants generate a patent directly but 30% generate articles that are subsequently cited by patents.
What Are Funders Doing to Minimise Waste in Research?
Steps to reduce waste of funds in research.
Charity Open Access Fund spend 2015-2016
Wellcome Trust annual analysis of the Charity Open Access Fund spend.
Science Funding Is a Gamble So Let's Give out Money by Lottery
Would it be better to do away with the search for excellence, and to fund science by lottery?
What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.
Ten New Norwegian Centres of Excellence
The Research Council of Norway has granted ten research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence.
Scientists Brace for a Lost Generation in American Research
Private funding isn't enough to offset the president's proposed budget cuts, they say.
Trump’s Budget Is Everything Scientists Have Been Fearing
The outline cuts at least $7 billion for research on climate change, diseases, and energy.
From Ideas to Action: Discussion on How to Write a Grant Proposal
From ideas to action: discussion on how to write a grant proposal
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
A new study has found that funding agencies are not as open as they could be about what they are doing to prevent this waste and that governments responsible for the public money they distribute are not holding them to account.