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Republican-led House Appropriations Committee seeks cuts to several scientific agency budgets
Department of Education would have to ensure Fafsa scheme opens for applications on 1 October
This week: diseases affecting women, Nasa’s international ties, and security guidelines for federal research agencies
Health, education and drug agencies asked how they intend to respond to controversial court ruling
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This week: a joint statement on research collaboration, NIH award data, and an NSF appointment
US federal support aims to build on success of vaccine against Covid-19
This week: damning diagnosis for science, campus mental health and alleged grant fraud
House Committee on Appropriations bill would cut education funding and leave the NIH’s budget stagnant
Scrapping Chevron doctrine will “fundamentally change” how scientific information is used in US federal policymaking
This week: climate adaptation plans, quantum infrastructure and a crackdown on Chinese tools
US Democrats seek to “restore the purchasing power” of grant eroded by inflation
Appropriations committee chair warns cap on 2025 spending “will stifle” biomedical and other research
This week: four science bills, novel vaccine delivery and the return of Voyager 1
House committee chair says “uncoordinated” growth of National Institutes of Health is causing “research duplication”
Democrat leader blasts bills passed by Republican majority on House education committee
This week: fusion energy, concerns about Noaa funding and a pilot healthcare research initiative
National security framework will balance “bold” investment with “principled” collaboration, National Science Foundation says
Committee chairs ask National Science Foundation and Nasa whether they have halted university funding
This week: geoengineering, harnessing industry for space telescopes and further probing of antisemitism on campus
Paper from director of American Association of University Professors warns academic freedom is being undermined
Biomedical funder agrees it needs to do more to ensure its research includes neglected groups
This week: how NIH research benefits patients, allegations against oil companies and making computing greener
Group says researchers should disclose their use of artificial intelligence and evaluate its impact
Democrat seeks funding boost as university leaders call for dialogue
This week: research centre suspended from federal funding, South Pole science and an AI chief
Education committee chair calls university heads “spineless”, while academic group describes hearings as “performative”
Biomedical research organisation says move by Republican appropriations chair is “chilling”
This week: concerns over student aid, energy innovation leadership, and pathogens with pandemic potential
Committee chairs probe Georgia Tech’s partnership with Tianjin University over Chinese military ties
Committee chair sets out suggestions for work of world’s biggest public biomedical research funder
This week: recommendations for virus research, concerns about China and a new education research office
Republican committee chair says Office of Science and Technology Policy is late with science education...
US president Joe Biden stresses right to protest does not give right to break law
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Wellcome launch $300 million initiative
This week: tracking China’s military potential, developing farming robotics and a public Covid hearing
Investment will enable long-term research into what makes education effective, National Science Foundation says
Doctoral candidates and postdocs at US agency to benefit from largest pay increases since 2017