High-bandwidth connections into the brain could treat blindness, paralysis, and speech disorders.

Forty-eight per cent of universities report drop in overseas undergraduate ‘yield’, following election of divisive president

We have heard a lot of discussion in the U.S. recently in favor of government support for basic research but against support of applied research.

A House of Representatives spending panel wants to spare the National Science Foundation (NSF) from most of the 11% cut that was proposed by President Donald Trump for its 2018 budget.

NASA sees a slight increase under the proposed budget while funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is cut by 13%.

Justices overturn lower court rulings on policy targeting people from six majority-Muslim countries.

The agency says it is shifting to a new strategy but not from its goal of helping younger scientists compete for NIH support.

Machine learning meets the political machine.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency.

NIH plans to set up a separate fund for early- to mid-career investigators.

House spending panel backs agency but offers no promises

Analysis backs controversial proposal to cap grant funding for bigger labs.

The NIH abandons its controversial plan to cap grants to big lab and it creates a new fund for younger scientists.

Dr. Francis Collins, a holdover from the Obama administration, will remain director of the National Institutes of Health, the White House announced.

Analysis backs controversial proposal to cap grant funding for bigger labs

NSF’s Directorate of Biological Sciences just announced that they are getting rid of the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) program.

Long-time physician-scientist retains job he has held since 2009.

White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%.

President Donald Trump's administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research back to a boil.

Race-blind reviews very difficult and may not help, researchers say

Republicans take aim at NSF but miss the mark

Agency officials say flexibility and protecting the core were the keys.

The double-digit percentage cuts President Donald Trump is proposing in his fiscal 2018 budget plan for science and technology programs would “devastate America’s science and technology enterprise” and weaken the nation’s economic growth.

Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Despite criticism of an earlier draft of the budget proposal, the new proposal indicates the White House is determined to stay its course.

NIH director avoids criticism of his political bosses, touts value of NIH-funded research.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans last week to impose a new grant scoring system that would cap how much support an investigator can receive from the agency.