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University Leaders Propose New Research Funding Model
Some lawmakers and the Trump administration have criticized the government’s long-standing model for reimbursing universities for indirect research costs.
Europe Must Do More to Protect Data Under Trump, ERC Head Says
Disappearance of U.S.-hosted data should be “wake-up call” for scientific community, conference hears.
NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute ‘Scientific Elite’
Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.
Nobelist: U.S. Scientists Took Support ‘For Granted’ Before Trump Cuts
Frances Arnold, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, says U.S. science is “paying the price” for not explaining the benefits of research funding for “far too long.”
Trump Admin. Cuts NIH’s Springer Nature Subscriptions
Researchers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ NIH Will Restore Grants
A judge ruled last week that the NIH unlawfully terminated hundreds of research grants and ordered the agency to restore them. Internal rumblings suggest the NIH will comply, but researchers have yet to get their money.
Writing Advice for Interesting Times
Here are five techniques for refocusing your mind and getting motivated to write this summer, K. Anne Amienne and Daniela Blei write.
Please Plagiarize My Work
In an AI era, a preoccupation with issues of credit and citation limits the reach of our research, Kevin Frazier writes.