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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation

The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind - and U.S. science at risk.

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Science Costs Money - Research is Guided by Who Funds It and Why

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Science Costs Money - Research is Guided by Who Funds It and Why

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support research that has a clearer eventual payoff.

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How Research Support Has Helped Create Life-Changing Medicines

How Research Support Has Helped Create Life-Changing Medicines

A new study finds over half the drugs approved this century cite federally funded research in their patents.

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Swiss Funder Pauses Schemes in Initial Response to ‘Massive’ Cuts

Swiss Funder Pauses Schemes in Initial Response to ‘Massive’ Cuts

Scheme for unconventional ideas among those hit by Swiss National Science Foundation funding loss.

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Federal Budget Cuts: Impact on the SNSF

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Federal Budget Cuts: Impact on the SNSF

The SNSF rejects the cuts but is preparing for them. Together with its partners, it has decided to cut costs across several funding schemes.

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Nobel Laureate Calls for Tighter Focus in EU Research Funding

Nobel Laureate Calls for Tighter Focus in EU Research Funding

Europe is undermining its own innovation potential by spreading research funding too thinly, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole."Only 5% [of the Framework Programme annual budget] goes to disruptive research. That's very little money. It's almost nothing," he said, speaking at the annual gathering of Nobel laureates and young scientists in Lindau, Germany, on August 26.

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Trump Gives Political Appointees Final Say on Grants

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Trump Gives Political Appointees Final Say on Grants

A recent executive order looks to officially establish political review processes that staff say are already being implemented at NSF.

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Trump Order Gives Political Appointees Vast Powers over Research Grants

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Trump Order Gives Political Appointees Vast Powers over Research Grants

Researchers are alarmed that an expansive executive order issued by President Donald Trump might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants

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US science research was gutted in 2025. How will it rebuild?

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US science research was gutted in 2025. How will it rebuild?

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Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

News News: President Trump's executive order gives political appointees control over federal science grants, requiring agencies like NIH and NSF to ensure funding.

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The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The first half of 2025 saw Brussels consumed by a debate over the future of the EU's research and innovation programme, which ended with a legislative proposal that quenched long-running rumours of Horizon Europe's demise.

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EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

The European Commission's (EC) proposal for the next multiannual budget clearly emphasizes security as a priority

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Experts Defend ERC from Commission Overreach in FP10

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Experts Defend ERC from Commission Overreach in FP10

The European Commission's push to exert more control over the European Research Council (ERC) risks undermining one of the EU's most successful scientific institutions, policy experts warn.

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EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

From 2014 to 2024, national budget allocations for R&D increased by 59.5% across the EU's present members, according to data from Eurostat.

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NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

National Science Foundation employees are among the latest federal scientists to issue a statement expressing concern over the Trump administration’s actions. The statement refers to “a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF.”

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Has the European Commission Listened to Its Advisors on FP10?

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Has the European Commission Listened to Its Advisors on FP10?

Last week, the European Commission unveiled plans for the next €175 billion iteration of Horizon Europe, set to run from 2028 until 2034. Researchers' organisations across Europe are now combing the fine print to see whether it meets expectations.

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The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders

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The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders

As international research projects are upended, European leaders say they will fill the funding void. Is that realistic?

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US Senators Poised to Reject Trump's Proposed Massive Science Cuts

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US Senators Poised to Reject Trump's Proposed Massive Science Cuts

Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

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EU 'Lagging Behind' on New Approaches to Research Funding

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EU 'Lagging Behind' on New Approaches to Research Funding

EU countries and the European Commission aren't experimenting enough with new ways to fund research, according to a member of the expert group advising the Commission on how to design the next Framework Programme."EU countries are lagging behind somewhat in adopting or understanding or applying novel approaches to science funding," said Sylvia Schwaag Serger, president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, at a conference in London this week on the study of science, known as metascience.

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Horizon Papers: Industry Calls Get a Clean Industrial Deal Makeover in 2026-27

Horizon Papers: Industry Calls Get a Clean Industrial Deal Makeover in 2026-27

Europe's Clean Industrial Deal is making itself felt in Horizon Europe, according to a leaked early draft of the 2026-27 work programme for Cluster 4, which covers digital, industry and space research.

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Study shows how citizens evaluate scientific research proposals

Study shows how citizens evaluate scientific research proposals

New research by ESMT Berlin and Politecnico di Milano explores how non-experts assess scientific research proposals and reveals key implications for public participation in science funding.

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Congress Shows First Signs of Resisting Trump’s Plans to Slash Science Budgets

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Congress Shows First Signs of Resisting Trump’s Plans to Slash Science Budgets

House panel rejects cuts to agricultural research, and Senators express doubts about cuts to NIH and forest research.

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How Trump's Budget Cuts Could Derail Global Science Collaborations

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How Trump's Budget Cuts Could Derail Global Science Collaborations

Europe's ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile casualties of the US president's plan to slash research funding.

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Proposals As Partnerships

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Proposals As Partnerships

The grant proposal process could be a place for innovation and an avenue for institutional change for universities and research.

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Researchers Who 'pivot' into New Fields Should Not Be Given a Citation Penalty

Researchers Who 'pivot' into New Fields Should Not Be Given a Citation Penalty

The COVID-19 pandemic showed the value of changing direction in research. It should be incentivized, encouraged and celebrated.

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The ”Immune System” of a Safe and Equal Europe is in Danger, According to Researchers

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