Research funding

Carnival atmosphere at the London March for Science as events take place across the world

Peer review process punishes academics who ‘challenge the dogma’ of their field, scientists claim

University’s head of Brexit strategy urges universities to apply pressure over ‘essential’ priority

British researchers no longer win the most grants for established scientists, having already fallen behind in early career category

Figures demonstrate the power of the ‘golden triangle’ in bidding for EU cash

V-c warns that European Court of Justice role in grant disputes makes UK association ‘difficult to see’

More money and competition for tenure has helped country’s young researchers progress

Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns

Universities warn they may be unable to meet staffing and facilities costs alone

Transparency ‘crucial’ to the introduction of new metrics in Continent’s research system

Lack of clear strategy to keep UK in EU’s research framework is blocking new collaborative projects

Carlos Moedas defends research council as discussions build over next framework programme

Health and environmental agencies face savage reductions as defence spending soars

Life science is a big part of the UK government’s industrial strategy, but neglecting basic research will drive top researchers abroad and threaten the flow of translatable discoveries, says Philippe Froguel

Early signs of new administration’s attitude to research funding worry experts

Who is the man who will take the top job in UK science?

Development assistance and research alike are ill-served by cash earmarked for both, argue Ambreena Manji and Peter Mandler

Mathematical model works by trying to remove skewing of results in group funding decisions

Dame Athene Donald on how the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had to reissue a job advert for UKRI board members

The new CEO of UKRI, Sir Mark Walport, says a shake-up of UK research funding is needed if the country is to remain internationally competitive

Scientists have mixed reactions to announcement of UKRI leader

Novo Nordisk to invest £115 million in University of Oxford centre despite Brexit

Research grant available but institution job 'normally' required before applying

Universities need to adapt career paths to accommodate scientists who tap into different fields, says research

Nobel prizewinning astrophysicist reflects on the perceptions and realities of how big breakthroughs are made

Speaking a foreign language remains vitally important in the Brexit era, says Wendy Ayres-Bennett

President Meric Gertler reflects on Canadian universities’ potential to ‘capitalise’ on political climate in competitor nations

UK universities can now ‘feel confident’ in recruiting postgraduate students for 2017-18, says RCUK chair

For British science to thrive rather than just survive, EU partnerships and global recruitment remain key to fruitful collisions of concepts, says Ian Walmsley

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra £2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

Critics fear focus on research impact in next funding programme could lead to a REF-type exercise

Matthew Reisz examines the pros and cons of using film as a form of public engagement

As push-pull factors exert their force on scholars in the UK, the Article 50 ruling buys universities more time to argue their case against a shifting EU backdrop

Early career researchers could benefit most from changes to funding structures, says Sven Sewitz, but he is concerned that there simply isn’t the will to make it happen

Experts question whether funders are doing enough to tackle discrimination in grant applications

Budget scrutiny is emphasising the importance of effective translational research, says Graham Lord, who believes international cooperation is key to ensuring research reaps practical rewards

Study highlights the true cost of low success rates in Horizon 2020

UK universities see drop in research council income overall

Saul Perlmutter tells THE World Academic Summit that there is a ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of the purpose of research

Validating antibodies used in experiments could ‘free up billions of research dollars’, head of standards institute says

Funding bodies must foster a long-term vision for public awareness if research is to gain a place in the cultural mainstream, say Sam Illingworth and Andreas Prokop

Additional fee income could be diverted to fund research, warns Hepi paper

Knowledge exchange income is up to £4.2 billion, while university spin-offs and start-ups also posted strong growth

Guild of European Research Intensive Universities also calls for minister to guarantee Erasmus funding for UK students 

Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’

New concordat should help researchers ‘deliver significant benefits for society’

Academics explore how the seemingly sedate game of housey-housey has attracted many different kinds of government intervention

Government and universities must find ways to remove obstacles to cross-cutting research, says report

Secretary general of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities says shortfalls of Horizon 2020 must be addressed

Minister backs continued UK success in EU’s Horizon 2020 and pledges to press ahead with HE bill

Paper predicts that the number of funded researchers at small institutions will decline by two-thirds in the next decade if ‘skews are left uncorrected’

UK Higher Education International Unit analysis highlights EU contribution on research

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union

John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation

Institutions face losing up to a quarter of their total funding council grant as cuts from Welsh government bite

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

In chasing REF points, academics may risk their public standing and undermine work with potentially profound effects, argues Mark Reed

However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis

Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates