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cutting off your nose... part 1

theanswers42 wrote 1 week ago: So, for me it’s been a long period of writing about driving tests, how I plan to resume studyi … more →

Tags: Life, the Universe and Everything, Physics and Cosmology, Politics, labour isn't working, peter mandelson, STFC, STFC cuts, stfc funding, university funding

2010 biology funding update

Kyle Brown wrote 1 week ago: Even though the federal fiscal year ended in September, the federal budget process for 2010 is far f … more →

Tags: NIH, NSF

Grantsmanship Revisited

Successful Researcher wrote 2 weeks ago: An important addition to my earlier post on writing grant applications: there is a series of article … more →

Tags: grants, Science, Grantsmanship

It's all about the Benjamins

Kyle Brown wrote 3 weeks ago: Even in the midst of the health care debate, Congress is once again involved in the federal budget p … more →

Tags: NIH, Stimulus/recovery, More

Hearing on innovation offers divergent perspectives1 comment

Kyle Brown wrote 1 month ago: On Oct. 8, in testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Research and Science … more →

Tags: NSF, Transformative/Innovative/High Risk, High Reward Resear

The Big Bad Wolves2 comments

Kyle Brown wrote 1 month ago: There has been a lot of congressional huffing and puffing recently challenging the validity of peer … more →

Tags: Peer Review

Science funding: Bell Lablets and EU science czar

Arhopala Bazaloides wrote 1 month ago: About the US, Science reported: Energy Secretary Steven Chu says that one of his top budget prioriti … more →

Tags: India, Science, USA, Policy, EU, Bell Labs, Bell lablets, steve chu, b

Francis Collins to head NIH1 comment

Linus wrote 4 months ago: Image credit: (Ted Thai/TIME/Time Pix) Barack Obama is nominating Francis Collins to head the Nation … more →

Tags: Science, NIH, Francis Collins, grants

More reading1 comment

Miriam Jones wrote 5 months ago: From the latest CAUT Bulletin: “Business Model Squeezes the Serendipity Out of Research, … more →

Tags: corporatization, Conservatives, CAUT Bulletin

Are you Pro-Test? Sign the Petition!!

speakingofresearch wrote 7 months ago: Join over the hundreds of people (1400+ at time of writing) who have signed The Pro-Test Petition! T … more →

Tags: News, americans for medical progress, Animal Research, Animal Rights Extremism, animal testing, animal welfare, Barack Obama, i am pro-test, medical advances

how to get science funding right

theanswers42 wrote 7 months ago: After the epic, epic failure that was the Bush administration, Obama has had an awful lot of work to … more →

Tags: Life, the Universe and Everything, Physics and Cosmology, Politics, clover cancellation, obama, STFC, USA

Research funding – Canada vs. the US

zlurie wrote 7 months ago:   A divide is starting to open between the United States and Canada when it comes to science funding … more →

Tags: Science, News, Canada, Canada and the US, Canadian Research

Obama Wants 3% of GDP to Science

nahnopenotquite wrote 7 months ago: Absolutely love this. Absolutely right. … more →

Tags: Science, Government

The roads go without saying3 comments

Planetologist wrote 7 months ago: Right now we’re Rome with crappy roads. We’re a mighty world power, but when it comes to … more →

Tags: Politics, High Speed Rail, HSR, obama

Workfare for scientists: cheaper AND more productive!31 comments

Paul Wells wrote 7 months ago: I’m going to get in trouble for the title on this thing, which is meant to be a bit satirical. … more →

Tags: Inkless Wells, Capital Read, Give me money

The OTA needs a rez

Planetologist wrote 7 months ago: At one time the United States had something called the Office of Technology Assessment. Renowned fut … more →

Tags: Politics, Office of Technology Assessment, ota

Who stole the curiosity?2 comments

niewiap wrote 8 months ago: I am just finishing the second of a duo of fantastic books about science and scientists. The first o … more →

Tags: BioMedical Research, Conduct of science, Literature, Philosophy of Science, hardships of lab work, NIH, Richard Feynman, Scientific Curiosity, Stephen Levitt

Deconstructing Conyers' ignorance about science

Planetologist wrote 8 months ago: In a previous post I attacked US Representative John Conyers’ bill HR 801, The Fair Copyright … more →

Tags: The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, Peer Review, John Conyers, H.R. 801

Publish and perish6 comments

Planetologist wrote 8 months ago: Phil Plait recently posted on his Bad Astronomy blog about the latest Congressional creep to try and … more →

Tags: The Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, John Conyers (weasel-MI), FCRWA


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