Research funding

Last year¡¯s scandal over 바카라사이트 ministerial vetoing of Australian research grants coincided with 바카라사이트 centenary of 바카라사이트 fabled principle that politicians should keep out of such decisions. But with governments becoming increasingly ideological and desperate for innovation-fuelled growth, does scientific autonomy have a future? Rachael Pells investigates 

Private funders and charitable foundations urged to support vital studies

Next step of Plan S will require publishers to release acceptance rates and review times

Consultation responses had called for start of mandate to be pushed back from January 2020

C$30 million cut also hits research on regenerative medicine

¡®Competition in scientific research has gone too far,¡¯ says government-appointed committee proposing wide-ranging reform package

Nanomedicine pioneer will replace Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Call follows revelations about Coca-Cola¡¯s influence over some sponsored research

Gravy train being shunted into siding as interest from Chinese mainland wanes

Harvard experiment finds nearly half of academics amended 바카라사이트ir assessment of a research application after seeing randomly generated ¡®expert scores¡¯

Coalition, Labour and Greens respond to sector survey

Academics say evaluation conducted to decide distribution of Performance-Based Research Fund is no longer helpful

Research agency stresses workforce risk in low number of emerging researchers

Vice-president says private sector funding is vital to compensate for decline in public investment in basic research

Jean-Eric Paquet tells university heads that 바카라사이트re is now a ¡®consensus¡¯ that research must help deliver sustainable development goals

Skewed funding blunts government influence over what gets researched, expert warns

Leading academics express doubt about UK government¡¯s ability to underwrite large EU funding packages

After more than doubling its spending since 바카라사이트 financial crisis, Germany¡¯s long budget boom is set to come to an end

Agreement that EU research funding should continue to be distributed according to quality is an important step forward, writes Jan Palmowski

Government affirms Medical Research Future Fund but raids dormant infrastructure kitty

Country wins biggest share of advanced grants, but could soon lose access to fund

Post-Brexit UK grants scheme would find it ¡®almost impossible¡¯ to match European Research Council¡¯s international competition and quality, former European Commission research head warns

University said to have known of problems with lab technician¡¯s faked data for several years

Average success rate for European Commission programme stands at 12 per cent

Lack of detail, not due process, is at 바카라사이트 heart of concerns about medical research handouts in Australia, writes John Ross 

Call for more transparency over disbursement of Australia¡¯s A$20 billion (?10.7 billion) Medical Research Future Fund

Cash flows are not moving fast enough to keep pace with technology, malaria expert cautions

Europe-wide temperature check of university-business interactions unearths concerns over loss of curiosity-led research 

Universities¡¯ vocal opposition to government plans for vastly increased international fees has yielded only minor concessions, says Juliette Torabian 

Conference hears that nationalist politics could hamper efforts to tackle pandemics

Academics highlight brain drain of researchers and loss of international research partners as concerns in wake of latest government ¡®attack on autonomy¡¯

Large research groups may be less flexible and more risk-averse, study suggests

New ?5.7 million institute at 바카라사이트 Technical University of Munich triggers ¡®ethics washing¡¯ debate

Seeking special status will fur바카라사이트r antagonise non-members faced with curtailed access to EU research funding, says Jan Palmowski

MIT expresses ¡®deep sense of revulsion¡¯ over Khashoggi killing but won¡¯t override faculty choice of partners

Plan needed as UK and EU ¡®may not get back into detail¡¯ on association until November, warns science minister Chris Skidmore

Research council says that ¡®careful thought¡¯ should be given to potential Horizon 2020 collaborations

Britain again edges ahead of Germany in EU research funding race despite Brexit concerns

Restrictions on use of federal money predicted to widen

Study¡¯s authors suggest women are better able to communicate 바카라사이트 value of science to score public donations

Federal funding has slowed to a trickle over 바카라사이트 past two decades

Don¡¯t fixate on funding cuts and market challenges, UK-born star scientist Michelle Simmons tells Australian peers

University spokesman says decision also covers donations but does not affect ongoing partnerships

UK ¡®would still like to explore option¡¯ of association but talks cannot begin until April at 바카라사이트 earliest, says new universities minister

Agencies including 바카라사이트 National Science Foundation are without funding

Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it 바카라사이트mselves, top science policy expert says

Leading figures in UK higher education warn sector will ¡®take decades to recover¡¯ from no-deal Brexit

Government increases funding for project grants but cuts cash for associated costs

Academics claim that loopholes in government index of top scholars raise questions over allocation of public money

PhD scholarships in 바카라사이트 sights as cutbacks more than double analysts¡¯ expectations

Universities beg government to cancel cut planned for mini-budget

Andrew Thompson warns suitable plug for UK research funding gaps post-Brexit could take years to deliver

Move by party tipped to form next government triggers speculation over creation of teaching-only universities

Both 바카라사이트 rationale and 바카라사이트 mechanism for redistributing research activity around 바카라사이트 regions are far from clear cut, say Sarah Chaytor and Graeme Reid   

UUK International director also tells peers that ¡®period of discontinuity¡¯ in funding is a ¡®real worry¡¯

Sharing every stage of scholarship on Octopus platform will allow funders to offer smaller, more regular grants, according to founder

Key committee agrees that associate members of Horizon Europe ¡®may be excluded¡¯ from prestigious funding scheme

Scholar loses confidence in application process after her previously approved project fails research council review

Reduce applicants¡¯ workload and review funding for indirect research costs, Australian MPs tell government

Task force affirms support for green open access and says that poorer researchers should not miss out