2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (798+ words) Chris McDonald says he wants fewer and longer-term grants, plus a “smoother and simpler system” The UK’s system for awarding grants is “destroying” the value of research, the new science minister has said, as he pledged to implement a model…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (598+ words) Image: Anna Dziubinska, via Unsplash Sense of shared identity makes Greens’ faith in scientists stronger than Reform voters’, study finds There is growing evidence of US-style political polarisation in the levels of trust that people in the UK have in…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (94+ words) Research Professional News Image: Wasan, via Adobe Stock Paper calls for stable careers and creativity-focused assessment, but authors pessimistic about seeing meaningful change Structural reforms are needed to foster a “creativity-enabling environment” for early career researchers, who are being driven…...

5+ day, 19+ 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…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (88+ words) Project aims to join up Europe’s ‘fragmented’ science advice Research Professional News Image: Ian Hayhurst, via Shutterstock Coordinator of EU-funded initiative wants a “truly connected” science-for-policy ecosystem An EU-funded project is aiming to strengthen links between science and policymaking in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (914+ words) Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional News Treasury unlikely to provide extra money to meet Horizon successor’s higher association costs, experts warn Questions are looming over how the UK will pay for association from the start of the EU’s next…...

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   (263+ words) Irish minister calls for swift progress on negotiations around next EU research and innovation programme “All indications” point to the next version of the EU’s research and innovation programme getting a “significant” budget increase relative to the current one, according…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (488+ words) Image: Canva Studio, via Pexels Innovative organisations that can “do things differently” should be eligible for funding, group argues A group of research bodies has urged UK Research and Innovation to lift a “de facto ban” on supporting new organisations,…...