Thousands of conservation and environmental biologists must now survive two rounds of peer review before getting funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF says that the two-stage review process, which it launched 4 years ago as a pilot project in two divisions within its biology directorate, has resulted in a more manageable workload and fuller consideration of the highest-quality proposals.

The group is composed of: Cédric Villani, Elvira Fortunato, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Moedas, Henrik Wegener, Pearl Dykstra, Janusz Bujnicki, and Julia Slingo.

Presidential candidates begin to make clear their stark differences on climate change, energy production and stem-cell research.

European Research Council embarks on an unusual evaluation that could inspire others.

The pilot focuses on replicating studies that have a large impact on science, government policy or the public debate.

European Investment Bank provides surprise loan to halt startling brain drain.

Reforms by nation’s lead biomedical funder draw harsh critique.

Wellcome Trust looks to save money and time communicating the research it funds.

At a national cancer summit, Vice President Biden threatened to cut funds to medical research institutions that don't report their clinical trial results.

The largest funding competition in Canadian science history is hitting obstacles, as almost 3,000 biomedical and health scientists apply for money to keep their research going.

Researchers plan for hits to community hubs.

Winning a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hard, especially if it's your first one. New data from a pilot project called the Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program suggest that sitting in judgment of other grant applicants can help young scientists improve their odds when they apply for their own grants.

The mathematics panel of the French research agency says the low, standardized success rate for proposals doesn’t fit with its discipline.

The world’s biggest science experiment may get more time and money for completion when nuclear officials convene on Wednesday in France.

An expert panel will examine the impact of a decade of policies under the previous prime minister, Stephen Harper, aimed at converting university labs into tools for industrial development and commercialization.

Agency would receive large raise for 2 years in a row after more than a decade of flat budgets

A new report from Sense About Science reveals the scale of politics before evidence.

Maria Zuber helped craft campaign to rebut attacks on NSF’s grantsmaking process

Government scraps €134 million in reductions to four research agencies