It is easy to claim one is "following the scientific evidence", but what does it mean to actually do so?
The SNSF Starting Grants 2022 target researchers who wanted to apply for a 2022 ERC Starting Grant or for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship. Consequently, there will be no Eccellenza call 2022.
Around the world, poverty and social background remain huge barriers in scientific careers.
A call on research organizations and their libraries to secure and earmark a share of their acquisition budgets to support the development of scientific publishing activities.
Of 174 UK-based ERC grant winners 23, or around one in eight, have decided to relocate, while only four of 66 researchers based in Switzerland did so.
Grass-roots action against bad behaviour has spurred reform - and should keep going.
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus-but first, we need lots more testing.
This study tested if paying to publish open access in a subscriptionbased journal benefited authors by conferring more citations relative to closed access articles and found that paying for access does confer a citation advantage.
Employers need to do more to improve workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, a Nature survey finds.
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Here's a list of more cultural things we can do to reduce the stress/pressure around the reproducibility crisis.
Large-scale testing of populations should reveal those who cleared virus without knowing they were infected.
Researchers with a PhD who are employed by a Dutch research institution can request funding for the replication of 'cornerstone research'.
Looking at some of the issues around the reuse of scientific data and open a conversation about how to deal with them.
What chief academic officers think about the academic health of their institutions, the role of tenure, general education and much more.
Why are we so sensitive to residential noise?
Reference lists for more than 60 million journal studies in Crossref are now free to view and reuse.
In April, we announced we were pausing our public engagement funding to thoroughly review and explore the best ways for us to support public engagement activities in future. Now, we’re pleased – and more than a little excited – to share the outcome of this work.
The National Science Foundation is testing a creative mix of machine learning, blockchain technology and data science to tackle a stubborn challenge: How to better evaluate more than 60,000 grant applications it receives each year.
When a scientific paper is retracted, it can produce long-term aftershocks.
NIH to require researchers to submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan with grant applications submitted after Jan. 25, 2023
A new movement calls for tech investors to back more start-ups led by women and people from ethnic minorities.
