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$20m lift for the Marsden Fund

Bob Edlin wrote 5 days ago: Budget 2013 has recognised the importance of the Marsden Fund to New Zealand’s science and innovatio … more →

Tags: Steven Joyce, National Science Challenges, budget 2013, MarsdenFund

A number of interesting European Science Foundation reports

scipolicyeu wrote 6 days ago: Looking at the European Science Foundation publications page, I was happy to discover a number of in … more →

Tags: Innovation, Science and Society, interesting link, Science Policy, Europe, Science in Society

Steven Joyce announces Budget investment of $200m in science, innovation & research

Bob Edlin wrote 6 days ago: Budget 2013 delivers on the Government’s commitment to building a more competitive and productive ec … more →

Tags: Research and development, Steven Joyce

How science fared in the Budget

Bob Edlin wrote 6 days ago: Peter Griffin, at Sciblogs, has spared us the chore of sifting through the Budget to see what’ … more →

Tags: peter griffin, Science Media Centre, budget 2013

How does Fermilab help with the defense of the country?

InspirationalFreethought wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: humanism, Fermilab, fermilab congress, Robert R. Wilson, Worth defending

The Future of @FermilabToday

ibiojohn wrote 1 week ago: On Thursday, May 9, 2013, Fermilab invited elected officials and leaders from local communities to h … more →

Tags: Community News, brookhaven national laboratory, Fermilab, sequestration

An update on sequestration

cpickett325 wrote 1 week ago: As the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies com … more →

Tags: Congress, White House

An update on peer review and the National Science Foundation

cpickett325 wrote 1 week ago: Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology committee has spurred tw … more →

Tags: ASBMB, Congress, House of Representatives, NSF, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Peer Review, Science, Space and Technology Committee, White House

A Call to Action1 comment

Steve Croft wrote 1 week ago: As scientists, we are used to asking for money. Deadlines for federal grant funding come around, and … more →

Tags: NSF, NASA, Sequester

Underemployed with the Government

whywerescrewed wrote 1 week ago: I am writing this post on my partner’s behalf. My partner is a very well educated and accompli … more →

Tags: Overqualification and Underemployment, Government, Employment, postdoctoral research, grants, Academia, scientific research, Research, Post-doc

Who should set the research agenda in Universities?2 comments

davidmpyle wrote 1 week ago: Universities are complex, organic institutions. Their heart is the academic hub of scholarship and r … more →

Tags: Science, Oxford, Impact, Shell Geoscience Laboratory

Science is a winner for Britain - cutting it would be folly3 comments

Wellcome Trust wrote 1 week ago: Venki Ramakrishnan (right) at the Diamond Light Source in 2010. The US, Germany and China are increa … more →

Tags: Opinion, Policy, Science Policy, Spending Review

The National Institutes of Health tackles the sequester1 comment

cpickett325 wrote 2 weeks ago: Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health released the budgets for each institute/center for the … more →

Tags: ASBMB, NIH

Does more money = greater research impact?

Sarah Boon wrote 2 weeks ago: Scale matters: Dendritic drainage in beach sand, orders of magnitude smaller than a mountain stream … more →

Tags: Watershed Moments 2.0, h-index, Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Canadian science & technology, Impact factor

Opinions in the Shorts: Vol. 18044 comments

aFrankAngle wrote 2 weeks ago: On Politics Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) has introduced the High Quality Research Act. Do I seem like a p … more →

Tags: Opinions in the Shorts, Commentaries, Congress, followers, Funny Headlines, GOP, lamar smith, Marx Brothers, Marx Brothers tribute

Science Policy Around the Web - May 2, 20131 comment

sciencepolicyforall wrote 2 weeks ago: By: Jennifer Plank photo credit: ZaldyImg via photopin cc Our weekly linkpost, bringing you interest … more →

Tags: Linkposts, Health Care, Vaccination, NIH, HIV, NSF, Epidemiology

Budget will include a $73.5m boost for National Science Challenges

Bob Edlin wrote 3 weeks ago: The Government has announced the final 10 selected National Science Challenges and a $73.5 million b … more →

Tags: Steven Joyce, Anthony Scott, Science New Zealand, National Science Challenges, Science Funding

Politicized Science1 comment

Tracy Goodwin wrote 3 weeks ago: Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) Yesterday I wrote a piece about a bill proposed by Representative … more →

Tags: Politics 2, Science, Politics, Congress, Science, National Science Foundation, NSF, Research, lamar smith

Science policy by those without an understanding of science3 comments

Tracy Goodwin wrote 3 weeks ago: US Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) has proposed a new bill to set funding criteria for the Nationa … more →

Tags: Politics 2, Science, Politics, Congress, Science, Scientific Method, National Science Foundation, NSF, Research


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