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Opinion: A Call for Open Funding Procedures
How funders can improve transparency to foster efficiency and diversity in research
Opinion: A Call for Open Funding Procedures
Opinion: A Call for Open Funding Procedures

How funders can improve transparency to foster efficiency and diversity in research

How funders can improve transparency to foster efficiency and diversity in research

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Opinion: Universities Must Incentivize Field-Based Research as an Equity Issue
Jessica C. Thompson | Dec 22, 2022 | 6 min read
Female and minority-identifying researchers face extra challenges in becoming field project leaders. Universities should be providing equivalent numbers of solutions.
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Opinion: Policymakers’ Harmful Anti-China Obsession
Christopher Tonnu Jackson | Sep 28, 2021 | 3 min read
Justifying science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.
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Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements
Matthew Woodruff and Alexander Woodruff | Apr 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.
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Opinion: Are 71 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers Too Many?
David Rubenson | Aug 29, 2019 | 3 min read
A program to encourage transdisciplinary research at top cancer centers has evolved into a counterproductive national strategy for organizing cancer research.
Opinion: A Modest Proposal to Address NIH Insanity
Henry J. Rozycki | Aug 22, 2018 | 4 min read
Silicon Valley’s early-stage funding model could address a dearth of opportunities for young investigators just launching new projects.
Opinion: The Value of Collaborations in the Emerging and Developing World
Mohamed Boudjelal | Aug 20, 2018 | 4 min read
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.
Opinion: Understanding and Coping With Rising Publication Costs
M. Bishr Omary and Theodore S. Lawrence | Sep 1, 2017 | 6 min read
As article processing charges top $5,000 at some research journals, authors and institutions have means of negotiating better deals or finding less expensive options.
Opinion: A Big Pharma Biotech Fund
Mark Kessel | Mar 5, 2012 | 4 min read
Pharmaceutical companies should deploy cash to fund struggling biotech companies, which could generate much needed new drugs.
Opinion: Good, But Not Good Enough
Umberto Galderisi | Feb 22, 2012 | 5 min read
Funding only outstanding researchers is increasing the gap between good and great labs and forcing some out of science in search of a bigger paycheck.
Opinion: Research and Debt Reduction
Mary Woolley | Oct 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Investing more federal dollars in life science research may save the US economy.
Q&A: Overhaul the Funding System
Kerry Grens | Sep 28, 2011 | 4 min read
Can science step in to find the best ways of allocating money for research?
Hard and Harder
Michael K. Gusmano | Jun 5, 2011 | 4 min read
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
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