Research funding

Key committee agrees that associate members of Horizon Europe ‘may be excluded’ from prestigious funding scheme

Scholar loses confidence in application process after her previously approved project fails research council review

Reduce applicants’ workload and review funding for indirect research costs, Australian MPs tell government

Task force affirms support for green open access and says that poorer researchers should not miss out

Analysis of impact of doctoral training centres funded by Economic and Social Research Council prompts further questions over approach to postgraduate learning

Oxford’s Dorothy Bishop says spread of funding would be largely unchanged

Fewer than half of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Centres for Doctoral Training rated ‘good’

‘Aspiration is not enough’, says Sir Paul Nurse of goal to spend 2.4 per cent of GDP on R&D

Overwhelming majority of survey respondents say lack of money has held back their career

Australian institution ‘playing into government’s hands’ by bankrolling stymied project

Minister’s intervention self-defeating, representative body claims

Competitive funding once helped novel ideas get off the ground, but now funding ‘excellence’ is hampering new research, says Dutch institute

Imperial and UCL secure far more grants by value as Oxford slips back

Rising value of grants suggests that winning funding is likely to remain highly competitive

Opposition urges jilted researchers to try again

Researchers face a lean Christmas as veto fiasco triggers more delays

Australian universities may have to wait months to find out how much funding they will forfeit

Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff

Toronto historian warns academics against shying away from the complexities of the past

Response to row over vetoing of humanities grants could result in curiosity-driven scholarship being pushed out

Latest tweaks to Australian research grant rules will just add to paperwork, critics say

Education minister refuses to rule out future interventions in grant awarding process

Sponsors that do not meet rules should have ethical approval for future experiments withheld, says Science and Technology Committee

Storm of protest across academia against Simon Birmingham's scuttling of humanities grants worth A$4.2 million (£2.3 million) 

Political intervention at odds with government’s free speech campaign

UK universities ‘engaged in intensive planning’ for no-deal Brexit impact across range of activities

The withdrawal of funding for Ontario’s basic income pilot highlights the perils of working on politically funded research, says Evelyn Forget

The relaxation of the research excellence framework’s submission rules could see research-intensive universities clustered on near-maximum scores, warms Dominic Dean

Seeking a greater share of imagined profits from commercialisation would undermine technology transfer, says David Secher

Chief executive accepts recommendation from funding task force, promising HK$20 billion of new research money

As Australia’s science stars mount the red carpet, critics condemn falling government funding

Ahead of Brexit, country’s plight highlights vulnerability of countries that associate to the bloc’s framework programmes

The research excellence framework’s reliance on hasty peer review by generalists limits sample size and accuracy, three academics argue

National Science Foundation demands that universities report findings of sexual harassment involving anyone working on the projects it has financed

Cambridge fellow also calls for arts to be excluded from research excellence framework

Efforts to prevent sexual harassment at universities advanced with new policies from top US provider of science funding and world’s biggest general science society

For second straight year, Republican-led Congress defies President Trump to hike federal funding for universities and students

Ahead of publication of revised concordat, Brunel leader calls for funding agencies to give document greater importance

UK government guidance highlights EU programmes where ‘third country’ participation is not permitted

Academics claim that funding application deadlines are becoming tighter

Ministers reassure after funding agencies’ warnings of ‘serious impact’ for Brazilian research from cuts, but others see false promises ahead of election

Drastic cuts necessary if funding situation not resolved, government agency warns

Almost half of ERC grants awarded to UK institutions for 2018 won by EU nationals, as UK sees overall decline in successful bids

Jim Newell’s dismissal by Salford ‘speaks volumes’ about extent of sector marketisation, campaigners say

Grants awarded under Horizon 2020 will still be paid even in event of ‘no deal’ Brexit

Negotiations set to boost access to €100 billion research and innovation scheme, scholar says

The EU’s proposal for its next research and innovation funding framework focuses too narrowly on technology, say Gabi Lombardo and Jon Deer

Australian group asks whether costs of ‘gold standard’ assessment are always warranted

Figures on full economic costs of research and teaching show significant growth in gap that is plugged mainly by overseas student fees

Researchers welcome ambition of new initiative but question whether it will give scholars the autonomy that they need

‘Productivity boom’ shows researchers are not the problem, universities say

Call to rebalance funding away from sciences and towards social sciences

New government body for research predicts cost of £15 million per year if tax problem not resolved

Scholars say European Union may be reluctant to allocate research funds to Hungarian universities after government takes control over financing of research institutions

Report says early career academics should be given more opportunities to lead their own research teams to foster independence and improve job security

Dedicated department aims to accelerate move towards knowledge economy

Campaigners call for universities and funders to address ‘systemic issues’ after study claims academic science has ‘higher’ risk of sexual harassment

After more than a decade of inflation-busting growth, now could be time to ‘pause and consolidate’, says Anja Karliczek

University representatives disappointed by lower than expected budget increase for European Research Council

Reid review says academics must win a greater share of competitively allocated funding post-Brexit