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.