Research funding

Prize money of €100,000 (£88,000) handed out on basis of scholars’ three-minute spiels

UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS

Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020

Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students

Institutions that do not meet standards in areas such as gender may be ineligible for grants

Announcement follows concerns raised that Britain’s economy will not grow as quickly as previously expected

Fund research grants not loans, Europe’s universities tell Brussels

Largest amount of cash handed out by research councils overall since 2014-15 brings an end to negative trend

Funding fell for many of the UK’s top institutions despite increase in overall amount of cash granted by research councils

Institutions left ‘bemused’ by ratings delivered by pilot

Dame Athene Donald raises concerns about how UK research councils will operate under their new umbrella body

Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity

Jennifer Rubin to become executive chair of research council, alongside new role for Sir Harpal Kumar

Initiative to bring in US scientists causes backlash among scientists awaiting funding at home

Treasury underwriting of projects previously funded by the EU could continue after transition period, Jo Johnson says

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

Instead of spending time competing for competitive funding, academics should be given a lump sum, paper suggests

Petition with 80,000 signatures was set to be presented as part of mass protest outside country’s National Congress

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister

Australian Catholic University defends hiring of professorial fellows as a tool to build partnerships

Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant

US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’

Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England

Metric on self-referencing could provide ‘truer’ citation data, say researchers

Major investment in advanced medical manufacturing announced by government

Changes to associate membership criteria could open up European research funding worldwide

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves

Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

Universities facing the challenges of developing a knowledge economy

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

There are several stumbling blocks on the way to negotiating access to European research funding, writes Holly Else

Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure

Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns

CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development – more than twice that of UK

Sydney’s deputy v-c says government must put its money where its mouth is

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Major study on successor to Horizon 2020 also suggests including Canada and Australia in European programmes

‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ‘second homeland’ to conduct their work

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes

Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected

Institutions say Commission should divert structural funds into modernising academic systems

Government taking reports ‘extremely seriously’ and seeking ‘additional briefing’

Interim evaluation highlights challenges facing researchers in Eastern Europe and the Baltic states

Free movement and ECJ jurisdiction seen as potential stumbling blocks at Russell Group's meeting with MEPs

European Commission interim evaluation highlights ‘oversubscription’ in funding bids

Country’s scientists must be able to demonstrate that they can continue competing on the world stage, senior academic says

Reciprocal academic visa also among ideas under consideration by vice-chancellors

British universities would be ‘most affected’ by failure to increase Horizon 2020 funding, MEP warns

Country’s funding councils say institutions must offer research chairs positions to diverse pool of candidates

Support for medical science and the humanities will increase under 2017 budget deal

Commission hopes awards will help researchers find other sources of funding

Medical charity sets out demands to allow it to invest ‘confidently’