science funding

Geneticist Terry Magnuson steps down as vice-chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after he copied text from multiple sources he found online into a grant application. 

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are dedicating a further $3.4 billion to biomedical and human health research on top of $3 billion invested several years ago, the organization announced this week.

Nearly three dozen of Mexico’s leading researchers are being accused of money laundering, embezzlement, and organized crime, a move other academics say is politically motivated.

Justifying science funding through the lens of global competition risks fostering racial bias and discrimination.

The revision allows more time on previous extensions due to COVID-19 and other life events such as childbirth that disproportionately impact early-career women in science.  

The funding agency for basic research had been led by an interim president for more than a year.

Tired of dancing to the tunes of international funders, and doubtful that long-promised national grants will come, a handful of African biomedical scientists have turned to private investors to bankroll their dreams of autonomy in the lab.

The legislation, which now heads to the House, aims to ensure the country can compete with China technologically by supporting research and development over the next five years.

Senators raise concerns about how Eric Lander of the Broad Institute has handled equality issues.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

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.

The state will take on additional debt to finance CIRM, which will now continue to fund stem cell research, training, and clinical trials.

The 2020 budget includes a 15 percent increase in public funding for research and development next year, but some scientists want more details on where the money will go.

The plan to revitalize the European innovation landscape is entering a transition.

The discovery of ancient clades of brittle stars at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean adds to concerns that commercial exploitation of the area could destroy numerous taxa before they’ve even been identified.

Scientists have attacked the government’s spending policies after it locked down nearly half of the money that had been allocated for science funding.

Overall, men received more money on average, but R01s were an exception.

Demonstrations took place in the country’s capital on Tuesday following what many researchers see as a threat to academic freedom.