First Round of Hearings by Congress Back a More Muscular NSF
Senate, House of Representatives panels examine proposals for massive spending hike and new directorate.
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Biden, Congress Roll out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation
Biden, Congress Roll out Big Plans to Expand National Science Foundation
President and lawmakers push proposals to add technology directorate and boost budget.
Capitalism Won't Save Us from Covid, No Matter What Boris Johnson Might Think
Capitalism Won't Save Us from Covid, No Matter What Boris Johnson Might Think
His claim that 'greed' was the driver behind the UK's vaccine success ignores the huge role of state funding, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato.
How Has COVID-19 Affected Research Funding, Publishing and Library Budgets?
How Has COVID-19 Affected Research Funding, Publishing and Library Budgets?
Global study of the effects of COVID-19 on research funding, publishing, and library budgets - the truth we found in the gap between perception and reality
Track and Manage Your Public Access Mandates
Today, we are adding a Public access section to Scholar profiles to help you track and manage public access mandates for your articles.
UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
UK's Drastic Cut to Overseas Aid Risks Future Pandemics, Say Sage Experts
Major research projects will be cancelled, including those designed to head off future disease threats, warn scientists.
Next Steps for REF? We Need to Repair the Sector's Health First
A while ago I was invited to speak at the Westminster Forum in a panel session entitled “Research environments in the REF – stimulating positive cultures and wellbeing, academic independence and interdisciplinary research“...
2021 Call for application (Doc, Postdoc in France)
Find out more about the current edition of the French national program.
Plan to Create UK Version of DARPA Lacks Detail, Say Researchers
The process of setting up a funding agency for high-risk research in the United Kingdom is under way. But questions remain about how it will benefit science.
Dear Grant Agencies: Tell Me Where I Went Wrong
I don't expect to get every grant I apply for, but the least agencies could do is give me a little feedback, says Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutierrez.
Dutch Research Funding Agency, Paralyzed by Ransomware Attack, Refuses to Pay Up
Dutch Research Funding Agency, Paralyzed by Ransomware Attack, Refuses to Pay Up
Hackers seeking to extort Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research release confidential documents.
How Europe's €100-billion Science Fund Will Shape 7 Years of Research
As Horizon Europe issues its first call for grants, Nature reviews some big changes - from open science to goal-oriented "missions".
The Imaginary Carrot: No Correlation Between Raising Funds and Research Productivity in Geosciences
The Imaginary Carrot: No Correlation Between Raising Funds and Research Productivity in Geosciences
The ability of researchers to raise funding is central to academic achievement. However, whether success in obtaining research funds correlates with the productivity, quality or impact of a researcher is debated. The study analyses 10 years of grant funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
How the Search for Covid-19 Treatments Faltered While Vaccines Sped Ahead
Significantly less government funding was put towards researching treatments than vaccines. And national efforts to coordinate and recruit sick patients into trials were insufficient. The next few months will still bring many sick people - and doctors have woefully few drugs with which to treat them.
The Failure of the US Government to Fund Science Infrastructure is Causing Things to Literally Collapse
Predatory Journals Enter Biomedical Databases Through Public Funding
Predatory Journals Enter Biomedical Databases Through Public Funding
Grant Allocation Disparities from a Gender Perspective: Literature Review. Synthesis Report
Grant Allocation Disparities from a Gender Perspective: Literature Review. Synthesis Report
The purpose of this review is to provide the GRANteD project with robust analytical approaches and methodological insights that take into account the state of the art, but it also acknowledges and aims to overcome the main shortcomings and point out the gaps of the existing literature.
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