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Connecting Researchers and Legislators Can Lead to Policies That Reflect Scientific Evidence

Connecting Researchers and Legislators Can Lead to Policies That Reflect Scientific Evidence

Researchers want real-world impact. Lawmakers want programs that work. The public wants to benefit from taxpayer-funded research. Building a bridge from academia to legislatures is key to all three.

Long COVID is a Double Curse in Low-income Nations - Here's Why

Long COVID is a Double Curse in Low-income Nations - Here's Why

Not only is the prevalence of the condition poorly understood, but it's also often ignored by physicians and the wider public.

End the Glaring Inequity in International Science Collaborations

End the Glaring Inequity in International Science Collaborations

The world's natural-science research ecosystem remains focused on the priorities of high-income countries. Funders, publishers and scholarly databases can do more to help to rebalance that.

How to Make a European Research Framework Programme

How to Make a European Research Framework Programme

As the year draws to a close and 2024 comes into view, we're here to brief you on the preparations underway to shape Framework Programme 10 (FP10). FP10 doesn't start until 2028, but 2024 is going to be a big year for the next seven-year research programme, with the European Commission starting to pencil in the outline ahead of a comprehensive proposal in 2025.

Inequality Beyond Representation in European Research Funding

Inequality Beyond Representation in European Research Funding

An analysis of EU funded research shows how inequalities continue to persist within the funding landscape and how attempts to create representative research projects can still reproduce research framed largely by the interests of elite countries and institutions.

How to Navigate the Challenges of Corporate-academia Research Partnerships

How to Navigate the Challenges of Corporate-academia Research Partnerships

Many research projects draw on sources of funding from the corporate world. Fola Adeleke discusses the challenges inherent to this kind of research and outlines three key considerations for researchers engaging with corporate partners.  

Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why

Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why

Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

The European Union's next seven-year science funding programme has to have a budget of €200 billion to ensure that future challenges can be met, say two of the European Parliament's top voices on research and innovation policy, Christian Ehler and Maria da Graça Carvalho.

"Just Get the Admin to Do It." Why Research Managers Are Feeling Misunderstood

"Just Get the Admin to Do It." Why Research Managers Are Feeling Misunderstood

Science benefits when there is mutual respect between academics and research managers. Team Science, a six-part series, begins by examining a key workplace relationship.

Calls for New Manhattan Projects Overlook Crucial Aspects of the World War II Crisis Innovation Model

Calls for New Manhattan Projects Overlook Crucial Aspects of the World War II Crisis Innovation Model

The Manhattan Project is often invoked as a model for mission-driven research projects, such as the search for a Covid-19 vaccine. Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat argue that the broader U.S. approach to mobilising science and technology in World War II, led by the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), provides a better analogy for some contemporary R&D problems.

Universities Of applied Sciences' EU Research Project Participation Through the Lens Of differentiation

Universities Of applied Sciences' EU Research Project Participation Through the Lens Of differentiation

The study investigates whether the differentiation in the research function of UASs is reflected in their participation in the European Union Framework Programs for Research and Innovation (EU-FPs).

Economist group argues for scientific experimentation in environmental policymaking

Economist group argues for scientific experimentation in environmental policymaking

The economists say more frequent use of up-front experiments would result in more effective environmental policymaking in areas ranging from pollution control to timber harvesting across the world.

Why Does Impact Still Feel Like an Add-on to Research Designs?

Why Does Impact Still Feel Like an Add-on to Research Designs?

Reflecting on his role as an academic and member of a research funding organisation, Duncan Green, considers how impact has in some ways still not become embedded in research culture and is often treated a bureaucratic hurdle to overcome.

Commission acts to accelerate phasing out of animal testing in response to a European Citizens' Initiative

Commission acts to accelerate phasing out of animal testing in response to a European Citizens' Initiative

The Commission is responding to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) ‘Save Cruelty-free Cosmetics - Commit to a Europe without Animal Testing'. The response provides a comprehensive overview of the EU's legislative and policy framework relevant to the use of animals for testing purposes. It also proposes additional actions to further reduce animal testing.

Citizens' Perceptions of Research and Innovation Dilemmas: Insights from a Large-Scale Survey in Four European Regions

Citizens' Perceptions of Research and Innovation Dilemmas: Insights from a Large-Scale Survey in Four European Regions

This study presents a valuable dataset supporting regional research and innovation systems in four European regions: Vestland (Norway), Kriti (Greece), Galicia (Spain), and Overijssel (Netherlands). It focuses on understanding citizens’ perceptions of research and innovation dilemmas within these regions.