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Scientists shocked as “blue-sky” Marsden Fund has half its budget shifted to research focused on helping economy.
Drawing on a study of priorities in health research, researchers argue a metascience approach can refocus Indian research towards areas that are most needed by Indian society and that are understudied globally
An independent expert report on the EU’s Framework Programmes for research and innovation recommends major role for research funding and a restructuring of funding mechanisms.
Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU's Horizon programme.
The way the EU funds research and innovation isn't really working, and the European Commission needs to experiment with new ways to do it, according to a new influential report on the future of the EU's research and innovation framework programmes.
In this small randomized trial, research funding did not have a clear impact on researcher productivity. However, the expanded use of modified lotteries in the allocation of grant funding has the potential to revolutionize the measurement of research productivity.
The Research Excellence Framework is primarily a mechanism for assessing the quality of research and allocating research funding. However, REF outputs and in particularly impact case studies hold value for many actors outside of higher education institutions.
Initiative will coordinate research to “deliver significant health benefits”
The scramble to get academic research funded contributes to society's inability to handle issues such as climate change.
Deep budget cuts are sowing chaos—and creativity
Buffers against economic and political turbulence can be built into project support, says Hannah Ngugi
On 1 January this year, the UK became an associated country to Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research scheme, and to the EU’s Earth observation programme Copernicus. Linda Hantrais and Anouska Nithyanandan consider the broader implications of association for the social and human sciences and review the preparations that UK social scientists should be making to re-establish their international reputation for research excellence post-Brexit.
Submissions to funding review emphasise imbalances between institutions, career stages and types of research supported
