funding, science funding

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

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

The relationship is independent of grantees’ scientific accomplishments.

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.

The agency could demand institutions it funds to remove researchers who are found guilty of misconduct from NSF-supported projects.  

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

The agency plans to ease restrictions on grants to a narrowly defined group of early- and mid-career researchers.  

Looking back, looking forward

Private funders are starting to support big projects, and they’re rewriting the playbook on fueling scientific research.

An analysis of President Trump’s proposed $7.2 billion slash to the National Institutes of Health budget points to dire consequences for the development of novel drugs.

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.

Researchers have criticized their countries’ initiatives, which some suspect were launched in reaction to a perceived anti-science sentiment from the Trump administration.

Advocacy groups call for the role to be filled.

A new analysis estimates that the viral disease could cost between $183 million and more than $10 billion in the U.S. alone. 

An independent review of Canadian science reveals a need for additional funds to investigator-led, basic research.

British scientists will continue to receive grants from the European Union, including its flagship program Horizon 2020.

Researchers identify a new ALS-associated gene thanks to funds generated by the social media challenge that went viral in summer 2014.