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Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation says it hopes that adding a randomization step to its award process will reduce implicit biases in selection and lead to funding more innovative, impactful research.

Multiple prestigious US biomedical research awards have rarely or never been granted to a scientist with Asian ancestry, illustrating racial bias within American research societies and institutions, a researcher argues.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will invest the funds over 10 years across all stages of the STEM pipeline.

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.

Many preclinical studies carried out in vivo are poorly designed and generate irreproducible data, but efforts to address the problem are on the rise.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the immigration program will help the nation remain a science superpower post-Brexit.

For many, it’s not a question of when senior academics should leave their posts, it’s about how to distribute scarce resources such as grants and faculty positions more fairly.

All the while, staff members are meeting daily to prepare for another possible pause in operations come mid-month.

From missing paychecks to delayed grants to canceled travel, federal research is feeling the sting.

The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

A funder-driven push for freely accessible scholarly literature has divided the scientific community.

The measures include, in specific cases, terminating awards for researchers who have been found guilty in investigations by their institutions.

The agency also declares its intent to better educate the scientific community about sexual harassment.

A report recommends the creation of a national committee to oversee universities’ handling of misconduct investigations.

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

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

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 government’s new position paper on science and innovation after leaving the E.U. takes a positive tone, but has frustrated researchers with its lack of detail.

An aide to President Donald Trump has final say over grants at the Environmental Protection Agency and has nixed close to $2 million of the agency’s awards.