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RESEARCHERS AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES grumble endlessly about overhead charges levied against their grants. Usually the grumbling just simmers below the surface. But last fall, the faculty of Stanford University erupted [...]

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC) HAS FOUND ways to systematically benefit underrepresented minorities and less research-intensive regions through the distribution of research funds. Raising the level of research performance and excellence [...]

Academic scientists are hoping that two new reports calling for increased funding of research and innovation will finally boost a stagnant R&D budget MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--The recent slide of the Australian [...]

Hard Times at NIH THIS HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD YEAR to apply for a grant from the National Institutes of Health for cancer-related research. In fact, it has been [...]

A congressional committee is suggesting cost be given more consideration when deciding which grants to fund The National Institutes of Health is considering a major overhaul in the way it [...]

The Looming Budget Crisis in Britain's Labs Increasingly dire warnings are emanating from leaders of Britain's scientific community over the damage which, they claim, will result from a severe financial [...]

Paris. As the French government begins to prepare for a general election next March (which it currently seems almost certain to lose), it remains committed to a significant increase in [...]

China's Science Academy Revamps Funding Process The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country's leading institution for science and technological research, is introducing major reforms in the way it funds research [...]