Long-term budgets will “provide certainty” and “unlock vital business investment”, says Patrick Vallance.

Princeton University and 15 other leading research institutions and academic associations have filed a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Initiative backed by £50mn in government money comes as US administration seeks to cut funding and suppress research.

Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists.

World’s largest public funder of biomedical research cites national security concerns for move.

EU’s R&I programme should aid society, alliance says, including through collaborative and multidisciplinary funding.

Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”.

Researchers and other advocates for science gathered at Stand Up for Science rallies around the US and the world to protest the Trump administration's cuts to scientific research.

Chair explains why Australian Research Council is rejecting defined splits between basic and applied funding.

White and Chinese reviewers “appeared to give higher scores to applicants that share their ethnicity”.

Draft 2026-27 work programme maintains focus on topics ranging from biodiversity to resilient farming.

The Commission’s roadmap for the 2028-34 budget has renewed fears that research and innovation will disappear into a European Competitiveness Fund.
 

EU’s basic research funder “is not living in a vacuum” and should listen to “evolving demands from society,” says Marc Lemaître.