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Chemistry World January 12, 2011 Andy Extance	EPSRC plans represent 'huge change' Academics are concerned that research grant cuts through to 2015 at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, changes in how students are funded, and more centralized control will threaten science careers.
Chemistry World October 20, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	UK chemists warn of funding crisis Senior researchers have warned that a sharp drop in the number of research grants awarded this year risks damaging UK chemistry.
Chemistry World November 8, 2011 Walter & Howes	EPSRC sticks to its funding strategy guns The UK's principal chemistry funding body is pressing ahead with its controversial 'shaping capability' strategy. This is despite anger over the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has said it will decide which areas to prioritise in the physical sciences.
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Chemistry World January 8, 2015 Patrick Walter	EPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers The new head of the UK's physical sciences research council plans to make engagement his watchword.
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Chemistry World February 3, 2012 Patrick Walter	NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants The UK Natural Environment Research Council is planning to ask institutes to winnow out 'uncompetitive' proposals in an effort to drive up its grant application success rates.
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Chemistry World March 30, 2012 Patrick Walter	Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink.
Chemistry World January 29, 2013 Laura Howes	Five green chemical feedstock projects launched The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced 10.7 million pounds, in combination with 1.1 million pounds from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to fund five projects to develop new bio-based feedstocks for the chemical industry.
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Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Mark Peplow	The value of trust When Philip Nelson becomes chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in April, he has to convince government to increase investment in research and to to win back the trust of the very scientists that the council funds.
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