European Research and Innovation Days 22-24 September
Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy. See the programme, check out the speakers and join online 22-24 September.
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Bringing stakeholders together to shape future research and innovation policy. See the programme, check out the speakers and join online 22-24 September.
The 2021 draft budget would give Horizon Europe commitments of €11.5 billion, less than the European Commission's June proposal which had €12.3 billion slated for the R&D programme.
The US National Science Foundation's new focus on computer science could also put already-under-represented groups at a disadvantage, critics say.
Sethuraman Panchanathan has spent his career finding "win-win" situations
R&D Roadmap sets out vision to attract global talent, increase investment, cut unnecessary bureaucracy, and cement the UK as a world-leading science superpower.
A public forum for researchers to discuss the science of science, current events, and science policy issues.
Swiss scientists fear a number of political obstacles could block their path into the EU's next big research programme.
A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.
Science Europe's report addresses requirements for data management plans (DMPs), how they should be updated and whether new ones need to be developed.
The post-World War II model for organizing science remains powerful, but moving beyond its limits will be necessary for assuring the contributions of science to solving a wide array of challenges.
Florida lawmakers have begun an investigation into the foreign ties of researchers at the state’s universities and research institutions. The inquiry dovetails with an ongoing federal probe into whether such affiliations, notably with Chinese entities, pose a risk to the U.S. research enterprise.
A new genetic engineering technology could help eliminate malaria and stave off extinctions - if humanity decides to unleash it.
International codes of conduct are important, but grass-roots efforts are the key to embedding research integrity.
Marc Schiltz, Secretary General and Executive Head of the FNR, has been re-elected President of Science Europe, an association of major European research funding and research performing organisations.
This report reveals how global research and discovery is evolving to address poverty, reduce inequality and deal with the effects of climate change via the UN SDGs.
A growing number of research agencies are assigning money randomly. The Swiss National Science Foundation is the latest funder to experiment with random selection.
In a collaborative effort Dutch institutes and funders start development of new system of recognition and rewards.
Andy Stirling describes a new project aiming to help science and innovation serve global goals.
What happened when Jeffrey Epstein funded science and tech? Women were excluded.
The UK government’s announcement of its plans to offer extended post-study work visas for international graduates of UK universities has received an unusual response - unalloyed praise from the higher education sector.
The thesis argues that the UK governmental policy framework promotes a form of OA that intends to minimise disruption to the publishing industry. The scholar-led ecosystem of presses, in contrast, reflects a diversity of values and struggles that represent a counter-hegemonic alternative to the dominant cultures of OA and publishing more generally.
Societal issues such as poverty, water scarcity, and food insecurity make it more important than ever for science to produce knowledge that is relevant to address serious challenges on the ground.
You can restore credibility to Congress and lead on issues from opioid addiction to clean water
Publicly funded research brings social and economic benefits for all. It's critical that the global academic community continues to champion this work, says Ian Jacobs
Workshop concludes that early-career researchers can make important contributions to policy decisions and experimenting with various forms of communication (i.e. opinion pieces, youtube channels, and tweeting at MPs) had the potential to improve knowledge transfer.
What exactly is Open Science? Its lack of an appropriate common definition has meant Open Science can be a variety of things; a social justice issue, part of a political capitalist regime, or a form of traditional science. But this lack of consensus leaves room for Open Science to be co-opted and even exploited.
If elected, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson will, among other things, bring a different attitude toward climate science.
Oklahoma meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier is a respected researcher and science policy veteran.
Sarah Quarmby takes a look inside a knowledge broker organisation, the Wales Centre for Public Policy, to see how its day-to-day workings tally with the body of knowledge about evidence use in policymaking.