Research funding

After decade-long suspension due to perceived overuse, federal budget set-asides by individual lawmakers again disproportionately bolstering academia and its science

Top US research funding agency, while unsure about proposed change to mission statement, swings back at partisan attempts to limit an equity-focused agenda

Shift to lump-sum funding model for key European Research Council awards could backfire, universities fear

International student caps will endanger research funding just as a leisurely R&D review considers how to fix it, Senate committee hears

Postdocs risk being ruled ineligible after biding their time to optimise prospects of success

Labour’s official science slate is dull but radical moves to reform research funding and engage industry could be close, experts believe

Coalition agreement involves major cuts to research and university funding alongside harsh new measures for students

Members of US House issue bipartisan demand for details of private foundation giving $1 million annually using controversial Chinese company’s donations

Royal Society and British Academy back increase in education research spending after study reveals funding gap compared to health

Number of black principal investigators applying to UK research councils halves year-on-year

No projects are funded because nobody has the expertise to appraise them, letter claims

British Heart Foundation says cardiovascular disease research faces shortfall of more than £250 million to 2035

We should improve the system while we’re examining it, critics argue

Bringing the UK’s research budget closer to Alphabet’s spending levels is vital for fixing sluggish economic growth, says economist

Research and education ‘absolutely decisive’ in turbulent times, French president says in Sorbonne speech

Biomedical research charity asking applicants to submit sustainability plans in funding bids as UK institutions launch new green research code

After flat research funding drew complaints last year from universities, new plan warmly welcomed

As part of annual budget, lawmakers also call for focus on fraud, new funding models and peer review

Stirling principal warns against repeat of post-Brexit inclusion but concedes ministers will need to see details of next framework programme

Jobs chopped at universities, government agencies and crown research institutes

UK-based recipients of Advanced Grants will still have to move institution to secure Brussels funding, despite Horizon Europe association deal

US’ biggest charitable foundation, with focus on global health, abandons APCs in favour of preprint repositories

Further government investment is needed to ensure UK is a ‘leading country in the G7 on R&D’, say universities, research charities and learned societies

Association agreement will be signed later this year, European Commission says, with Korea joining framework programme in 2025

Changes to funding body’s act end its term as ‘political plaything’

Changing funding rules could shift the dial on open science, Australian paper argues

European Commission announces launch of EU-Switzerland negotiations with Horizon Europe association on the table

Central investment might go some way to mitigate declining spending by local government and industry

Improved settlement for UK’s ‘biggest-ever’ doctoral training investment will deliver fewer funded PhD places than in previous years, UKRI confirms

In another edition of gloomy research indicators, major NSF tally finds companies nearing the basic science spending of the federal government

In fiscal 2025 budget plan constrained by his shutdown concession, president again seeks free-college deal while letting science agencies struggle

In global survey, barely one in 10 academic leaders say they feel well prepared to address the challenges of providing competitive compensation

Minister argues €900 million will have limited impact on science, but sector leaders are unconvinced

Year after a strong boost, agency’s gamble on translational division gets knocked down as part of wider election-year retreat by Congress from federal science spending

Rectors question how Macron can live up to promise to end underfunding of science

Scientists question whether abolition of major sector agencies is justified

Monica Bertagnolli hopes for new era of research that sets the stage for essential societal change

Uncertainty gives way to despair as new government pulls the plug on Science City and turns its back on reform process

Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’

As the nation heads to 2024 elections, politicians expand the idea of setting aside science dollars for states – often conservative-leaning – that can’t win it on their own

Tickell Review of research bureaucracy broadly welcomed by science department, which says it is on track to meet spending target

Government signals willingness to move on fine points of Australian Research Council bill, as opposition insists on veto rights

UK research funding urgently needs to become less onerous and less unfair if we don’t want applicants to simply give up, says Melvyn Smith

Senate committee overlooks warnings of unintended consequences from Australian Research Council reform, saying bill is ‘overwhelmingly’ supported

Maria Leptin says Horizon Europe successor must vastly increase research funding for Europe to compete

Unlike the institutions they work for, Australian researchers have less paperwork – but investment remains in the doldrums

Pregnant researchers and new parents describe how they were hindered by inflexible interview process

Fund of £20 million to support early- and mid-career researchers from black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani backgrounds

Next EU framework programme should also deliver significant uplift in ERC spending, says funder

Research quality more evenly spread than funding and ‘toxic cultural bias’ could be behind disparities, says geographical analysis for Hepi

Awards seek to ‘support the sustained enhancement of research capacity’ across regions

World-leading research institutes are switching focus and seeking new funds as core funding for Wellcome centres dries up

Autonomy, tertiary sector integration and sustainable research funding are crucial to sector’s future, Brian Schmidt says, as he relinquishes leadership role

EUA says Brussels must stop dipping into Horizon Europe budget to fund other short-term priorities

Academics should emphasis role research can play in tackling other voter priorities going into next year’s election, says campaign group

Australia has made strides in developing a commercialisation culture but still has a long way to go, says new STA president

Negotiations on association deal completed, says joint statement, with signing expected in 2024

More details announced about UK’s new mid-career academic funding programme

Mid-career fellowship scheme backed by a £250 million endowment is part of package linked to unused Horizon Europe funds

‘We are ready,’ European commissioner writes on social media after broader ‘understanding’ reached