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Chemistry World March 29, 2010 Leila Sattary	REF refined The Higher Education Funding Council for England has made changes to the proposed Research Excellence Framework following an extensive consultation with stakeholders in the research community.
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Chemistry World October 24, 2013 Mark Peplow	The judgement of your peers The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment has almost 10,000 signatories demanding that funders and institutions stop using journal-level metrics as a basis for such decisions, and instead focus on the scientific content of papers.
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Chemistry World July 12, 2010 Anna Lewcock	New research assessment plan postponed over impact The UK's universities and science minister has announced a one year delay to a new research assessment system, saying that time is needed to resolve concerns over how the social and economic 'impact' of research is measured.
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Chemistry World December 11, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget Money is being sucked out of the research pot
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Chemistry World March 12, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Funding Shift Worries Researchers Government and research funding bodies are shifting funding towards projects with measurable societal and economic impact -- triggering protests from many academics, who see the strategy as dangerously short sighted.
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Chemistry World August 20, 2014 Anthony Olejniczak	In defense of metrics As research funding fails to keep up with the growth of institutions and researchers, competition for that funding becomes increasingly fierce and purse-holders turn to various types of metrics to inform their decisions.
Chemistry World February 6, 2014 Patrick Walter	Clouds on the horizon for UK science The UK needs to up its game to keep up with the rest of the continent when it comes to science, Europe's research chief has said.
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Chemistry World April 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Science skirmishes continue on Capitol Hill A proposal by Republicans in the US Congress to reauthorize landmark legislation surrounding science and technology funding is being met with fierce backlash from scientific groups, as well as Democrats.
Chemistry World June 12, 2009 Anna Lewcock	Focus on economic impact the way forward, says RCUK The chief executives of the UK's seven research councils have stepped forward to defend moves to reprioritize the nation's research on projects that offer economic benefits.
Chemistry World February 4, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Obama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016 President Obama has outlined his ambition of growing R&D funding by 6%, to $146 billion in his 2016 budget proposal.
Chemistry World March 9, 2010 Anna Lewcock	Fund science or risk economic downfall Leading researchers and former science ministers have today warned the UK government it risks 'throwing away' years of investment unless the UK keeps pace with science funding levels in other countries.
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Chemistry World June 12, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	UK chemists must take control The Engineering and physical sciences research council second international review of UK chemistry has warned that too little is being done to support early-career researchers and encourage high-risk research.
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Chemistry World December 23, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies finally learn their fate US science agencies have finally received their 2015 budgets, more than two months after the start of the fiscal year, and the numbers drew a mixed response from science groups and the research lobby.
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