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Data Corner: The relentless decline in EIC Pathfinder success rates
Data Corner: The relentless decline in EIC Pathfinder success rates
Thanks to skyrocketing applications and shrinking budgets, only 2% of applicants now win grants. In 2027, the budget will hit a new low.
Will AI Grant Reviews Make Science More Conservative?
Researchers are questioning whether outsourcing decisions about research funding to artificial intelligence will reduce scientific novelty.
Top Horizon Europe Adviser Calls out EU Leaders’ Contradictions
Manuel Heitor’s latest paper spells out why proposed cuts to Horizon Europe’s budget are misguided.
Decoding Funded Research: Comparative Analysis of Topic Models and Uncovering the Effect of Gender and Geographic Location
Decoding Funded Research: Comparative Analysis of Topic Models and Uncovering the Effect of Gender and Geographic Location
The study applies alternative topic-modelling approaches to funded research and examines how gender and geographical location relate to funding patterns.
Funding Radar: €40M to Help Universities Innovate
The EIT has opened a new call for its Higher Education Initiative, giving university consortia money to improve their deep-tech innovation capacity.
How Tech Billionaires Are Disrupting Biomedical Science
Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?
Commission Announces Plan for Polar Hub to Step Up Research Coordination
Commission Announces Plan for Polar Hub to Step Up Research Coordination
The European Commission plans to develop an EU polar research hub to strengthen coordination and improve the alignment between science and policy.
Data Corner: Number of collaborative grants falls sharply in Horizon Europe
Data Corner: Number of collaborative grants falls sharply in Horizon Europe
Funding is becoming more concentrated, with increasingly large grants going to fewer projects.
Some Australian Research Funding is Now a Lottery. And That's Actually Good News
Some Australian Research Funding is Now a Lottery. And That's Actually Good News
Leaving some funding decisions up to luck can save everybody time and effort - and help understand what the funding actually does.
Parliament Rapporteurs Reach a Deal on the Next Horizon Europe
MEPs call the agreement “the first important milestone” in the negotiations, with a committee vote scheduled for November 10.
Is the EU Research Budget Actually Increasing?
The Irish presidency says its negotiating position gives a boost to research. MEPs and universities disagree. We unpack the figures on each side.
Viewpoint: The Grant System Funds the Ability to Apply for Grants
A start-up founder calls out inherent flaws in grant evaluation systems, which stifle innovation.
Academic Freedom Does Not Require Funder Neutrality
Do funding priorities restrict academic freedom? Or can setting clear boundaries between funder problems & the answers academia can provide be productive?
EU Governments to Debate a 19-Partnership Horizon Europe Portfolio
EU Governments to Debate a 19-Partnership Horizon Europe Portfolio
EU governments are set to have a strategic discussion on the next set of Horizon Europe partnerships with new initiatives on railways, space technologies, and climate and water resilience.
MSCA research career scheme gets €210M funding boost
The additional funding for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions comes amid record-low success rates.
Horizon Europe 2027 Plans Updated With €507M in New Calls
Additional funding will cover biodiversity and “bridging” grants to next EU research programme amid plummeting success rates
Is Metascience Being Co-opted?
Academia is dysfunctional, says the White House, and needs radical solutions. But is the research reform agenda being used to defund universities, or moving too fast?
Parliament to Discuss Moving 'Sectoral Plans’ to Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe
Parliament to Discuss Moving 'Sectoral Plans’ to Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe
Budget pragmatism prompts shift of bottom-up funding for institutions to programme area devoted to collaborative research.
Proposal for Horizon Europe Expert Councils Exposes Parliamentary Rift
Proposal for Horizon Europe Expert Councils Exposes Parliamentary Rift
Research committee MEPs are concerned about potential conflicts of interest in councils intended to set priorities
Parliament Haggle over EU-wide Spending Rules Delays Vote on Horizon Europe
Parliament Haggle over EU-wide Spending Rules Delays Vote on Horizon Europe
Votes on all EU programmes are postponed until MEPs in the budgets committee agree the Performance Framework Regulation.
The World Bank is Right to Prioritize Reproducibility
The development bank and others are starting to publish and verify the raw data and code accompanying their research-based reports and papers. Other agencies should do the same.
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
Grant support is still a developing practice in the region, a hangover from the Soviet style of funding research.
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
The Swiss Innovation Agency, which funds start-ups, faces questions over conflicts of interest.
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