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NIH Data Commons Pilot Phase to seek best practices for developing and managing a data commons.
Considerations of open access models that can work across disciplines. The case of ELife, PLoS, and BioOne.
Alibaba wants to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The advisory board includes Harvard's geneticist George Church and others.
Ireland's Health Research Board is the first public funder to launch their own publication platform.
Federal spending on science has dropped by half in 5 years.
Patreon works differently to most other crowdfunding services. On Patreon, you donate a small amount regularly.
What can be done to preserve the monograph.
The threat to US science does not come from scientists' assumptions, their commitment to investigator-initiated research or the research community's failure to tackle problems of public concern. It comes from an unrealistic system of draconian budget caps that stifle investment in the future.
Philanthropy’s no replacement for crucial government science funding, but that message can get lost amid the high-profile gifts. Some science funders are now backing a push to protect federal funding.
Opening up science so that all stages of the process can benefit from better interaction and communication and to provide examples for early career scientists writing grants.
Non-profit is not synonymous with good, and for-profit is not synonymous with exploitation.
If officials don't act soon, research institutions could start shutting down next year.
The G7 countries have agreed to explore ways of cooperating to fund research and innovation activities.
Understanding the potential effects of requiring that grantees publish their peer-reviewed research in open access journals.
