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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.

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.

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

In an agency first, the National Institutes of Health provides guidance on citing certain non-peer-reviewed publications in agency proposals and reports.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research will reverse some of the recent changes to its grant-reviewing processes after protests from researchers.

Nearly 1,200 scientists are asking the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to undo recent changes to its grant-review process.

An analysis of Australian Research Council data reveals grant proposals that integrate a broad array of academic fields are less likely to be funded.  

The National Institutes of Health joins forces with a tech company to launch a matchmaking program that aims to help investigators find secondary funding sources.

The US Department of Health and Human Services considers ways to mitigate the risk of poor performance or misuse of funds by grantees.

A new way of evaluating academics’ research output using easily obtained data

Corruption and waste prompt officials to announce that by 2017, the main competitive, federal science funding programs will be eliminated, replaced by a uniform platform.

The National Science Foundation’s governing board calls for the easing of administrative requirements so that scientists can focus on their work.

The National Institutes of Health is now allowing grant applicants to resubmit unsuccessful proposals as new.

Texas lawmakers lifted a ban on a taxpayer-funded research organization to dole out grants.

Current models do a poor job of predicting the impact individual scientists will have, according to a study.

A salmonella outbreak threatens as the FDA, CDC, and USDA limp along, national laboratories are on the brink of closing, and some patients are admitted to the NIH hospital.

Scientists feel the shutdown’s sting; dogs comprehend human cues; lab-grown secretory glands; whether online comments help or hurt science

As the US government shutdown enters its second day, scientists who rely on federal grants to continue their work and support their staffs and students express frustration. 

Science needs a standard way to evaluate and reward journal reviewers.