Research funding

Funding bodies must foster a long-term vision for public awareness if research is to gain a place in the cultural mainstream, say Sam Illingworth and Andreas Prokop

Additional fee income could be diverted to fund research, warns Hepi paper

Knowledge exchange income is up to £4.2 billion, while university spin-offs and start-ups also posted strong growth

Guild of European Research Intensive Universities also calls for minister to guarantee Erasmus funding for UK students 

Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’

New concordat should help researchers ‘deliver significant benefits for society’

Academics explore how the seemingly sedate game of housey-housey has attracted many different kinds of government intervention

Government and universities must find ways to remove obstacles to cross-cutting research, says report

Secretary general of the Guild of European Research Intensive Universities says shortfalls of Horizon 2020 must be addressed

Minister backs continued UK success in EU’s Horizon 2020 and pledges to press ahead with HE bill

Paper predicts that the number of funded researchers at small institutions will decline by two-thirds in the next decade if ‘skews are left uncorrected’

UK Higher Education International Unit analysis highlights EU contribution on research

Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union

John Kingman, chair of the newly created UKRI, explains the governing philosophy of the research and innovation funding organisation

Institutions face losing up to a quarter of their total funding council grant as cuts from Welsh government bite

Research councils, Innovate UK and QR funding will be brought under one new body that will also distribute new money for interdisciplinary research

In chasing REF points, academics may risk their public standing and undermine work with potentially profound effects, argues Mark Reed

However, director of the Oxford Martin School says 'disciplinary silos' were one factor contributing to 2008 financial crisis

Those judging creative scientific ideas fail to fully understand them, potentially hampering breakthroughs, research indicates

Not getting credit is a small price to pay for ensuring that social science has a voice, say Jane Elliott and Phil Sooben

We know too little about the impact of a research council that funds work with big policy implications, says David Walker

Kieran Fenby-Hulse asks whether being gay limits opportunities for researchers

Liberals’ first budget also includes extra support for students

Relevant and recent grant applications can be helpful if used in the right way, says Adam Golberg

Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests

German academic looking at UK system raises concerns over incentives created by research excellence framework

Future research excellence framework could incorporate information on the ‘future plans of institutions’

The Watt review’s recommendations are timely and sensible, says David Lloyd

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ‘national interest’

A focus on basic cell biology and statistical population health studies means that understanding how living systems operate has been neglected, they claim

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

We may be small and young, but don’t underestimate our research, says Stephen Decent

Critics fear proposals for high-level body could risk politicising scientific decisions.

Authors argue this means universities should spend less on senior academics and give promising younger scholars more of a chance

We talk to the research council CEO about pharmaceutical drugs modelling and a childhood interest in studying animal remains

After years of refusing to make or review grant applications, Philip Moriarty had a change of heart, but he still has mixed feelings about the UK research councils

First analysis of its kind says modern institutions have suffered from creation of research consortia

Narrow science base could hurt ability to meet new challenges, report says

Chair of review into research excellence framework also defends decision to have steering committee dominated by Russell Group

Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study

David Price, Graeme Reid and Andrew Clark applaud the wisdom of creating Research UK

A qualified welcome for George Osborne’s real-terms protection of research, but uncertainty over how new overseas aid spending will operate

Unexpected creation of a ‘Global Challenges Research Fund’ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Higher levels of stress among senior women revealed by Leadership Foundation report

However, there is confusion over the final value of the settlement, which may include 'tucking in' of Global Challenges fund

New ministerial committee could wield power over research agenda, but support expressed for new pot of interdisciplinary funding

Investment in knowledge is one of Britain’s USPs, explains Mark Samuels

Commitment not to merge the research councils appears to contradict plans for a bonfire of the quangos in BIS

Comments on spending review attributed to universities minister later removed by Royal Society of Biology

Green Paper recommends use of metrics, despite July report’s reservations

Science and Technology Committee raises fears that resource spending has not kept up with new infrastructure

Author of new book The Cunning of Uncertainty fears pressure for scientific certainty is leading researchers to make promises they cannot deliver

Much is to be decided on who will distribute research funding, but a metrics-based ‘mini-REF’ may raise eyebrows, says David Matthews

Iain Foulkes on how scientists can win part of huge grant to push forward the frontiers of cancer research

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched

Universities of Birmingham, Glasgow and York enter top 10 after £120 million grant for quantum technology

Ellie Bothwell looks at the potential impact of Justin Trudeau’s election on the higher education system

Funding council extols virtues of Higher Education Innovation Funding as spending review cuts loom

Stephen Curry is campaigning against possible cuts to the UK research budget, and he needs your help

Director Jeremy Farrar argues that current research culture damages scientists’ ability ‘to dream’