funding, NIH, policy

The revision allows more time on previous extensions due to COVID-19 and other life events such as childbirth that disproportionately impact early-career women in science.  

Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.

These new initiatives would tackle problems relating to health and climate.

The president’s request for next year’s federal budget includes a 7 percent drop in funding for the National Institutes of Health and reductions for other science agencies.

The legislative package for 2020 allots $25 million for gun-violence research, which has been on hold for more than two decades.

This marks the second known instance in which an institution has acted on NIH’s concern about foreign influence over US-based researchers.

Overall, men received more money on average, but R01s were an exception.

Money from the NIH’s budget, among others, will be used to care for kids in federal custody.

The agency also declares its intent to better educate the scientific community about sexual harassment.

The paper’s authors say bias may nevertheless be present in other steps of the granting process.

Under a new policy, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will provide fewer grants to labs receiving more than $1 million in funds.

NIH, NSF, and the DOE’s Office of Science will be among the agencies with budget increases if the omnibus bill is passed.

Funds for the NIH and NSF would stay flat, while some agencies, including the FDA and NASA, would see increases.

The $1.23 trillion budget includes an increase in NIH funding, but the package is unlikely to make it unscathed through the Senate.

At appropriations subcommittee hearings, President Trump’s budget proposal gets dissed by Republicans and Democrats.

Congress is not expected to fully enact the proposed cuts to research and public health programs.

The proposed spending plan for 2017 includes money for Alzheimer’s and cancer research.

Scientists who evaluate National Institutes of Health grant applications often identify the projects that will have the biggest scientific impact, according to an analysis.

As federal budgets tighten, the US government is getting serious about enforcing reporting and administrative rules that accompany academic grants.