3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (162+ words) Research Professional News Matthew Flinders explains why research leadership needs more attention Anyone who questions the pace of change and the enormity of the challenges the world faces need only glance through the pages of the government’s National Risk Register…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (256+ words) Commission says public procurement could help EU spend 3 per cent of GDP on R&D The European Commission has set out its long-awaited proposal for a European Innovation Act, intended to help innovators grow R&D-based companies in the EU....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (261+ words) A survey examines public attitudes towards scientists In parliament yesterday, Labour MP Alex Sobel called for the UK to lead the way in global cooperation to tackle the threat of “artificial superintelligence” getting out of control. He has previously called…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (554+ words) “Essential” chair avoids conflicts of interest that “impede the agency”, chief executive tells Lords committee The chief executive of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency has said the funder “was not consulted” about its chair taking a senior role at…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (281+ words) Image: HM Treasury [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], via Flickr Chancellor John Healey launches drive to boost growth and retain British talent The UK’s chancellor has announced a £150 million investment that aims to “get behind the most innovative and fast-growing firms” in the…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (420+ words) Matt Clifford will step aside so new Anthropic role “doesn’t become a distraction” The chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency has announced plans to step down after completing his four-year term in the role. Matt Clifford was the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (469+ words) Image: filip bossuyt [CC BY 2.0], via Flickr Number of non-European winners almost doubles as success rate falls for second year running The success rate for the latest European Research Council Starting Grant round has dropped to just 8.8 per cent—a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (528+ words) South Africa’s finance minister praises science council as its head presses for more funds South Africa’s finance minister used a visit to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria on 1 September to declare his preference for backing the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) Consortia leaders urge UK funding bodies to rethink funding axe and maintain the community created In 2019, the UK invested £40 million from the UKRI strategic priorities fund, later extended by £4.5m, in quantum technologies for fundamental physics (QTFP), jointly supported by the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1220+ words) Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News. Sources: Wellcome Genome Campus Limited; John Sutton [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons; Frances Jones for Research Professional News On a list of potential locations to replicate the success of King’s Cross in creating…...