Research funding

Fiona Watt promises that there will be no ‘ransacking of a well-structured organisation’ in shift to new umbrella body

As Brexit nears, charitable research funder is the latest UK institution to establish a German presence

World’s biggest university investment programme will award billions of dollars using a new internal competition for quality-related funding, say experts

Almost 2,350 academics from non-UK European countries have resigned from UK universities in the past year, and Layla Moran fears that could be just the tip of the iceberg

More than half of new budget will go to the University of Luxembourg

Mathematicians at Imperial College London will have access to French research grants through new collaboration

As Brexit threatens funding shortfall, European Commission appears convinced research is better done continent-wide

Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science

There is no evidence that the REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill

Partnerships should allow access to a wider pool of research grants, institutions hope

Research-intensive mission group can act for benefit of whole UK sector, says Tim Bradshaw

Increases in government research funding are absorbed by scientists at the ‘bottom of the hierarchy’, study suggests

Fears that uncertainty over UK’s future in EU research framework has led to drop of half a billion euros in coordinated projects

King's College professor Fiona Watt picked to lead organisation when it comes under auspices of UK Research and Innovation

Clare McGlynn is not surprised that the UK was overlooked as a focus country after a successful EU funding bid

Controversy in Canada over support for blue-skies research would diminish if more researchers took Pasteur’s approach, says Creso Sá

The mantra that research is loss-making is a convenient fiction used to draw more money to the centres of universities, say Peter Coveney and Christopher Greenwell    

Research grant data shows patterns of academic migration around Europe – with Italy suffering the biggest brain drain

National University of Singapore president says focus is moving away from short-term and applied research

Prize money of €100,000 (£88,000) handed out on basis of scholars’ three-minute spiels

UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS

Survey suggests European scholars are resistant to UK continuing to enjoy full participation in programmes such as Horizon 2020

Diana Beech on an HE-light Budget that nonetheless has some implications for university staff and students

Institutions that do not meet standards in areas such as gender may be ineligible for grants

Announcement follows concerns raised that Britain’s economy will not grow as quickly as previously expected

Fund research grants not loans, Europe’s universities tell Brussels

Largest amount of cash handed out by research councils overall since 2014-15 brings an end to negative trend

Funding fell for many of the UK’s top institutions despite increase in overall amount of cash granted by research councils

Institutions left ‘bemused’ by ratings delivered by pilot

Dame Athene Donald raises concerns about how UK research councils will operate under their new umbrella body

Remaining three years of funding programme to focus on carbon reduction, climate change resilience, digitisation and cybersecurity

Jennifer Rubin to become executive chair of research council, alongside new role for Sir Harpal Kumar

Initiative to bring in US scientists causes backlash among scientists awaiting funding at home

Treasury underwriting of projects previously funded by the EU could continue after transition period, Jo Johnson says

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

Instead of spending time competing for competitive funding, academics should be given a lump sum, paper suggests

Petition with 80,000 signatures was set to be presented as part of mass protest outside country’s National Congress

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister

Australian Catholic University defends hiring of professorial fellows as a tool to build partnerships

Fears that referendum result could put off applicants have been unfounded - at least for this type of grant

US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’

Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England

Metric on self-referencing could provide ‘truer’ citation data, say researchers

Major investment in advanced medical manufacturing announced by government

Changes to associate membership criteria could open up European research funding worldwide

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

Staff covering for academics on leave are often given no time to conduct research themselves

Synergy Grants will be worth a total of €250 million but, when piloted in 2012 and 2013, success rates were under 3 per cent

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

Universities facing the challenges of developing a knowledge economy

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

There are several stumbling blocks on the way to negotiating access to European research funding, writes Holly Else

Low grant success rates, a shrinking budget and concerns over evaluations preceded departure

Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns

CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development – more than twice that of UK

Sydney’s deputy v-c says government must put its money where its mouth is

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit