Two support packages will give greater job protection to thousands of researchers, scientists and technicians working at UK universities during coronavirus (COVID-19).

The UK government has announced some significant new measures for universities and research impacted by Covid-19 this year.

The UK government is announcing today a package to support universities to continue research and innovation activities.

Covid-19 has slashed donations to medical research funding, charities warn Boris Johnson

More than 140 scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around the spread of misinformation and incitements to violence.

Financial crises could spell trouble for science budgets but spending could surge in some countries. Series investigates science after the pandemic.

23 New Grants Support Essential Open Source Tools in Biomedicine. 

Agency would get a huge infusion of cash, and responsibility for maintaining U.S. global leadership in innovation, under bipartisan bills that have just been introduced in both houses of Congress.

Researchers looking to make tests widely available worry as regulators freeze the team that first identified US community spread.

Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, has been appointed as the next Chair of Wellcome. She will will succeed Eliza Manningham-Buller, who is stepping down from the role in April 2021.

DORA launched a new virtual discussion series for public and private research funders. The goal of the series is to increase communication about research assessment reform by providing a space for funders to share and discuss new initiatives, with the hope that this will ultimately serve as a platform to accelerate the spread of good research assessment policies and practices.

As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress.

Research charities Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation announced they are joining forces with the credit card company MasterCard in a $125 million push to speed up development of drugs for treating COVID-19 infections, in the latest example of the rush to fund research into the novel coronavirus.

A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.

New OA payment models are needed make open access implementation practical, journal editor says.

Failed funding applications are inevitable, but perseverance can pay dividends.

Academic scientists and research institutes are increasingly being evaluated using digital metrics, from bibliometrics to patent counts. These metrics are often framed, by science policy analysts, economists of science as well as funding agencies, as objective and universal proxies for scientific worth, potential, and productivity.