Reproducibility guru, former defence-research official and controversial entrepreneur rumoured to be on list, along with current NIH leader and a congressman.

Completion of department and agency public access plans means the public will have greater access to publications and data resulting from Federally-funded research.

Innovation is a huge part of economic growth – and the White House needs to be well-informed on science and tech issues when setting goals and budgets. Here's how presidents get up to speed.

Gary McDowell, Misty Heggeness and colleagues present census data showing how the biomedical workforce is fundamentally different to those of past generations – academia should study the trends, and adapt.

Gingrich, the former House speaker and adviser to the president-elect, said "this is going to be a very science- and technology-oriented administration."

Having a science-minded voice in the new president’s ear could potentially mediate some of Trump’s anti-science attitudes.

Mick Mulvaney suggested Zika science is uncertain, so we shouldn’t bother to fund it.

Rush Holt, former Congressman, physicist and CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), explains how scientists should move forward under the Trump Administration.

Eight highly-visible organizations today announced the launch of the Open Research Funders Group, a partnership designed to increase access to research outputs. With nearly $5 billion in combined annual grants conferred, these organizations are committed to using their positions to foster more open sharing of research articles and data.  This openness, the members believe, will accelerate the pace of discovery, reduce information-sharing gaps, encourage innovation, and promote reproducibility.

Yesterday, President Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law.

One Trump adviser suggested that NASA no longer should conduct climate research and instead should focus on space exploration.

36.4% of STEM grads still seeking employment or study.

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said Friday that it would be a "privilege" to remain in that post if asked to stay by President-elect Donald Trump.

Proposal would keep funding flat for most research agencies, but cuts could come early next year.

Today, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the NAS announced the formation of a 16-person committee to work on the Next Generation of Researchers study. This study was commissioned by the U.S. Congress in the fiscal 2016 omnibus appropriations package that passed in December 2015.

Institutions struggle to respond after court blocks regulations that would have increased wages for junior researchers.

Congress is poised to approve a massive piece of legislation that would provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with $4.8 billion over the next decade for a set of research initiatives, including brain and cancer research and efforts to develop so-called precision medicine treatments that are tailored to an individual’s genetic makeup.