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New ERC Work Programme Sets out 2027 Funding Opportunities

New ERC Work Programme Sets out 2027 Funding Opportunities

The European Commission has today adopted the European Research Council (ERC) Work Programme 2027 setting out the funding opportunities, grant budgets, competition timetable and application rules for the coming year.

Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science

APS Comment on Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule for Federal Financial Assistance

APS Comment on Office of Management and Budget Proposed Rule for Federal Financial Assistance

The American Physical Society (APS) provides public comments regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) proposed guidance, and expresses its unequivocal opposition to this proposed rule change.

Science, Interrupted: The Lasting Impact of Terminated Grants

Science, Interrupted: The Lasting Impact of Terminated Grants

The week ended on a Friday afternoon last spring with two emails from Northwestern University's Sponsored Research office telling a researcher that two of his National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants had been terminated.

NIH Likely to Award Fewer Grants as it Races to Spend 2026 Budget

NIH Likely to Award Fewer Grants as it Races to Spend 2026 Budget

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds.

Australian Universities Fast-Tracked Horizon Europe Association in Hope of Shaping FP10

Australian Universities Fast-Tracked Horizon Europe Association in Hope of Shaping FP10

Australia’s top universities are paying €12 million from their own pockets to access the EU research programme

NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

NSF Cuts Hundreds of Science Program Budgets by Up To 30%

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has slashed budgets for hundreds of its basic science programs for the remainder of this fiscal year.

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

Trump Proposes Putting Political Goals Above Objective Criteria in Deciding Who Gets Government Grants

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

White House Plans to Vet Public Grants for ‘American values’ Spark Broad Alarm

New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn.