science funding, 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.  

The legislation, which now heads to the House, aims to ensure the country can compete with China technologically by supporting research and development over the next five years.

Senators raise concerns about how Eric Lander of the Broad Institute has handled equality issues.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

After refusing to pay the ransom demanded by those behind a cyberattack, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has been out of action since February 8.

The state will take on additional debt to finance CIRM, which will now continue to fund stem cell research, training, and clinical trials.

The 2020 budget includes a 15 percent increase in public funding for research and development next year, but some scientists want more details on where the money will go.

Scientists have attacked the government’s spending policies after it locked down nearly half of the money that had been allocated for science funding.

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

Demonstrations took place in the country’s capital on Tuesday following what many researchers see as a threat to academic freedom.

NASA, NSF, and NIH are expected to receive higher financial backing for the 2019 fiscal year, going above and beyond the President’s proposed budget.  

The plan would also allow non-EU countries to pay to participate in EU research programs, albeit without wielding “decisional power.”

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

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

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

Ashley Yeager, TS associate editor, explains the possible ramifications of cutting the CDC's Prevention and Public Health Fund.

The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.

The $88 million agreement is part of efforts by the UK government to increase transatlantic collaboration as the country prepares to leave the European Union.

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