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Severe cuts to science research funding put graduate students at risk of not finishing their degrees. The American Chemical Society launched a grant to support students in crisis. 

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Q&A: A Randomized Approach to Awarding Grants

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Opinion: Include Public Outreach Plans in Grant Requirements

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Scientists Oppose NSF’s New Graduate Fellowship Priority

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Opinion: Disclosures Scientists Must Make of Foreign Ties

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Opinion: Taxpayers Should Cover Portion of Patent Costs

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Stem Cell Funding Agency CIRM Is Nearly Out of Funds

Initiative Aims to Limit Excessive Red Tape for African Science

Tenured Biology Professor Sacked for Research Misconduct

NSF Reverses Policy Limiting Grant Proposal Submissions

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Student Admits She Did Not Conduct Experiments in Now-Retracted Paper

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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