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Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession
Justifying science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.
Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession
Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession

Justifying science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.

Justifying science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.

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US Lawmakers Propose Doubling of NSF Funding
Asher Jones | Mar 29, 2021 | 2 min read
A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.
China Catches Up with the US in Science and Tech
Catherine Offord | Jan 17, 2020 | 2 min read
A new report from the National Science Board identifies changes in the US’s global R&D investment and output, as well as in the country’s science and engineering workforce in recent years.
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Prominent Mouse Genetics Center Could be Shuttered
Shawna Williams | Jun 21, 2019 | 2 min read
Staff at the UK’s Harwell Institute were notified that a strategy board recommended halting its academic work, but a final decision is months away.
Emory Researchers Removed After Failing to Disclose Chinese Funding
Catherine Offord | May 24, 2019 | 2 min read
This marks the second known instance in which an institution has acted on NIH’s concern about foreign influence over US-based researchers.
Brazil’s Researchers Criticize Budget Freeze
Catherine Offord | Apr 9, 2019 | 2 min read
Scientists have attacked the government’s spending policies after it locked down nearly half of the money that had been allocated for science funding.
Hungarian Researchers Protest Against Government Changes to Funding
Catherine Offord | Feb 13, 2019 | 2 min read
Demonstrations took place in the country’s capital on Tuesday following what many researchers see as a threat to academic freedom.
Government Shutdown Affects NSF, FDA, Other Science Agencies
Catherine Offord | Dec 28, 2018 | 2 min read
The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.
Canada Plans to Boost Basic Science Spending
Catherine Offord | Feb 8, 2018 | 2 min read
The federal budget, expected before the end of March, may substantially raise funding for research.
France Announces Winners of “Make Our Planet Great Again” Grants
Catherine Offord | Dec 11, 2017 | 1 min read
French President Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros in research funding to climate scientists who will relocate from the U.S. and elsewhere to France.
Facing Brexit, U.K. Makes Science Deal with U.S.
Catherine Offord | Sep 22, 2017 | 2 min read
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.
UK’s Brexit Team Lacks a Science Advisor
Shawna Williams | Jul 18, 2017 | 2 min read
Advocacy groups call for the role to be filled.
NSF Cuts PhD Training Grant
Bob Grant | Jun 7, 2017 | 4 min read
The federal science agency discontinued a funding stream for graduate students in environmental science because of administrative workload.
Republicans Claim Support for Science
Bob Grant | Jan 15, 2015 | 2 min read
But at least one science advocate isn’t buying it.
UK Ponies Up for Open Access
Bob Grant | Sep 10, 2012 | 1 min read
The United Kingdom government has devoted £10 million towards the goal of making all of the research it funds open access by next spring.
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