Five Things We Know About The EU’s New €5B Scaleup Europe Fund
The EU will officially launch its €5 billion investment fund for scaling up future European tech giants on June 3. Here are five things we know about the Scaleup Europe Fund so far.
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Can CERN's $19bn Effort to Rewrite Physics Survive a Fracturing World?
Can CERN's $19bn Effort to Rewrite Physics Survive a Fracturing World?
The science behind CERN's proposed Future Circular Collider is settled, but the funding is not.
Science Defunding in Argentina Sparks New Wave of Protests
Demonstrators across the country called for the government to increase public university salaries and funding for scientific research.
Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing
Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing
Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing: The signatories, including more than 35 Nobel laureates, decry the "alarming attack on the ability of the US to engage in basic and applied research"
Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation
Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation
Competitive funding is breaking down just a few years after it was set up using EU and World Bank money.
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists
A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year's spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
Canada must decide what kind of country it wants to be: One that generates new scientific knowledge, or one that waits for other nations' discoveries.
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence
Research funding agencies are battling a wave of AI-assisted applications. Countermeasures should not entrench existing power structures.
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
Prestigious European Science Funder Scraps Stricter Rules After Researcher Backlash
The tough new policy was introduced to curb submissions, but drew criticism from researchers.
Funding Radar: €160,000 for Open Science Policy Research
The Global Research Initiative on Open Science has opened its first call for projects that synthesise evidence for policy.
Could Agentic AI Topple Grant-Funding Systems?
Funders must take action before an increase in submission of high-quality proposals written using AI models makes it impossible to sort the wheat from the chaff.
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
MEPs Adopt Long-Term Budget Report with €200 Billion for Next Horizon Europe
MEPs Adopt Long-Term Budget Report with €200 Billion for Next Horizon Europe
The European Parliament’s budget committee has adopted an interim report and compromise amendments calling for a stronger, predictable EU budget from 2028.
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.
The Netherlands is Actually Raking in Too Much European Research Funding
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe are becoming increasingly successful at applying for a European research grant. Yet the gap with the Netherlands and the rest of the EU remains large. "We are losing an enormous amount of talent."
Viewpoint: It's Time to Experiment with How Europe Funds Science
An experimental metascience unit would allow the Commission to test innovative ways of awarding research funds with immediate impact.
The Time Has Come for Big Changes to Improve Research Funding
The competitive research funding system is at breaking point. This Perspective argues that innovations to address ongoing problems are needed on a grander scale than ever before, but this will not suffice. What we need is whole system transformation.
Parliament ‘misreads’ link between Horizon Europe and ECF, Commission official says
Parliament ‘misreads’ link between Horizon Europe and ECF, Commission official says
Maive Rute says the upcoming competitiveness coordination tool will set a limited number of top-down priorities.
Panicking Scientists, Canceled Experiments - Federal Funding Cuts Turned My Work As a Research Dean into Crisis Management
Panicking Scientists, Canceled Experiments - Federal Funding Cuts Turned My Work As a Research Dean into Crisis Management
When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school.
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