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José Baselga of Memorial Sloan Kettering took millions of dollars from drug and health care companies but did not report the payments in his research articles.

Silicon Valley’s early-stage funding model could address a dearth of opportunities for young investigators just launching new projects.

Scientists can foster new talent, find new funding options, and tap into business opportunities by forging relationships between researchers in emerging, developing and developed nations.

High-profile universities produce fewer papers, and with lesser influence, per federal dollar than less-celebrated recipients of federal funding.

Female PIs apply for fewer grants, but retain support once they get it.

A report recommends the creation of a national committee to oversee universities’ handling of misconduct investigations.

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

Men received both more and larger grants than women did, ending up with three times as much funding on average.

The UK-based biomedical research charity says researchers or institutions that fail to report misconduct will risk losing grants.

The budget is smaller than what some researchers hoped for, and too high for at least one EU member state.

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.

Researchers at the Rare Genomics Institute look at how families finance the cost of diagnostic exome sequencing.

In chapter 4, “Building a Cure Machine,” author Victoria Jackson reveals the challenges in launching a foundation focused on funding research on a rare disease.

Ali Guthy, the daughter of cosmetics entrepreneur Victoria Jackson, discusses NMO, the rare autoimmune disease she suffers from.

The relationship is independent of grantees’ scientific accomplishments.

The EPA administrator had a sweet rental deal from a DC lobbyist, took pricey flights, and engineered whopping pay raises for aides.

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

With the largest private gift to a public college, the new facility aims to infuse the local economy with fresh opportunities, but returns on the investment are anything but guaranteed.

The agency announces that the fixed offices and staffing will be replaced with short-term expeditions to foster collaboration.