EU policymakers have reached a deal on the budget for next year, and with the focus squarely on tackling the fallout from the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis, research and innovation do not feature at the top of the policy priorities.

A major new international study finds that global science research serves the needs of the Global North, and is driven by the values and interests of a small number of companies, governments and funding bodies.

Targeted financial help to support researchers in Ukraine would get cash strapped institutions in the west of the country back up to speed and have a more immediate impact on the research system as a whole.

Examining funded proposals enables grant writers to produce more compelling proposals.

The research funder's admission has been largely welcomed, but experts say many institutions need to do much more to implement anti-racism pledges.

As NASA takes the first steps to implement the planetary science decadal survey, the agency is warning funding will not match projections.

Firing of funding agency board alarms research sector.

Scientists say little is being done to address declining research funding, low morale and job insecurity.

Coronavirus-related research funded by the SNSF is successfully delivering fast and beneficial results.

NATO has launched a new research programme called DIANA to bring industry, start-up companies and academia together to research new dual-use technologies that address both societal problems and national security issues. The Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) is focusing on technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data processing, quantum-enabled technologies, autonomy, biotechnology, novel materials and space.

Racism is "pervasive" in chemical sciences, according to an investigation by the Royal Society of Chemistry.