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Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Emma Stoye	EPSRC announces 83.5m boost for PhD training The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will invest an additional 83.5 million pounds this year in doctoral training partnerships in the UK, universities and science minister David Willetts has announced.
Chemistry World January 31, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Funding council backs doctoral training centers with 350m pounds. The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced that it will invest 350 million pounds in a second generation of Centers for Doctoral Training aligned towards priority areas of research.
Chemistry World April 1, 2014 Emma Stoye	New Centers for Doctoral Training announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced the UK will fund another 22 Centers for Doctoral Training, taking the total government investment in CDTs over 500 million pounds.
Chemistry World December 5, 2008 Matt Wilkinson	250m to train new breed of UK scientists The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has selected 44 new centers to share a 250 million injection into postgraduate science education.
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.
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Mark Peplow	Thinking ahead Recognizing that a PhD can be a springboard to many different career paths is the first step towards ensuring that science students have every opportunity to succeed.
Chemistry World December 13, 2013 David Parker	Where is the chemistry? The science that evolves in PhD research is the lifeblood of our U. K. university chemistry departments. We must safeguard it and encourage fundamental new work focused by challenging objectives.
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.
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Chemistry World January 31, 2014 Patrick Walter	EPSRC names new chief executive The next chief executive of the UK's main chemistry funding body will be Philip Nelson, currently pro-vice chancellor of the University of Southampton.
Chemistry World October 21, 2015 Maria Burke	Chemists' anxiety mounts as spending review nears The UK government will publish its spending review, setting out funding commitments and priorities for the next five years. This review will include funding levels for scientific research and wider public investment in science and engineering.
Chemistry World October 2011 David Delpy	EPSRC Funding The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is having to make some tough funding decisions.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya	Exclusive Interview: EPSRC's New Chief Executive, David Delpy UK chemists have been too content to 'fill the gaps' instead of tackling big, exciting problems. That's the view of medical physicist David Delpy, who recently started work as the chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Haw	Comment: A Tale of Two Disciplines Teaching as well as research can help bridge the no-man's land between chemistry and chemical engineering.
Chemistry World September 2009	Education and wealth It seems that the UK government is interested in answering the question: what return does the UK get for the money it puts into academic research in chemistry?
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.
Chemistry World April 4, 2013 Joe Connor	An artful solution to scientist shortfall There has been much attention given recently to concerns regarding the overproduction of science graduates in the United Kingdom.
Chemistry World July 8, 2014 Emma Stoye	UK backs 52m pounds science industry training fund The government will contribute 32.6 million, with an additional 20 million coming from participating employers.
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 July 17, 2012 Laura Howes	3.5 million for UK bioenergy research hub David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, has announced the formation of the SUPERGEN bioenergy hub, to accelerate the deployment of sustainable bioenergy.
Chemistry World January 7, 2009 James Mitchell Crow	UK chemists force funding compromise More young chemists in the UK look set to receive government grants after the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) bowed to pressure from the chemistry community to spread its early career funding more widely.
Chemistry World May 16, 2012 Patrick Walter	The death of UK science? A new lobby group of scientists launched itself with a mock funeral for UK science to protest recent actions taken by the main funder of chemistry research in the UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Chemistry World July 24, 2012 Laura Howes	Calls to match skills to industry A report, published today by the House of Lords science and technology committee has called for more science students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, to drive the UK's economic growth.
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week.
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.
Chemistry World February 2009	Column: Undercover academic Late last year, the success rate for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council first grant scheme was dropping alarmingly.
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.
Chemistry World December 10, 2010 Anna Lewcock	Fees hike could focus the mind The UK government voted in favour of tripling the university fees cap to 9000 last night, although the vote was passed by a slim margin of just 21 votes.
Chemistry World February 2, 2015 Emma Stoye	UK announces 40m fund for synthetic biology The UK government has said it will invest 40 million pounds in synthetic biology over the next five years, 32 million of which will be used to establish three new research centers.
Chemistry World July 27, 2011 Leila Sattary	Research council to pick favorites to receive UK chemistry funding The UK's largest physical sciences funding agency has announced a big policy shakeup which will concentrate research money in areas of 'national importance'.
Chemistry World September 7, 2012 Laura Howes	10 million open access boost UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has today announced an additional investment of 10 million to help universities take up open access options.
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.
Chemistry World May 2009	Funding fall-outs The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council recently announced plans to ban persistently unsuccessful grant applicants for one year. Why did it do this and why are some UK chemists unhappy about it?
Chemistry World September 2011	Future funding concern The announcement by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council about future research funding has caused concern in the chemistry community.
Chemistry World September 23, 2010 Anna Lewcock	UK faces scientific exodus The UK faces a 'significant' risk of researchers abandoning its shores and long-term damage to the science base if proposed funding cuts go ahead
Chemistry World January 25, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya	EPSRC Forced to Cut Science The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to cut the volume of science it funds over the next three years.
Chemistry World August 16, 2011 Patrick Walter	Chemists Vent Anger at Funding Body in Letters to UK Government UK chemists are in open revolt over administrative interference in their field by the main grant funder.
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.
Chemistry World July 18, 2011 Patrick Walter	UK chemistry threatened by funding squeeze Chemistry in the UK is in danger of falling behind its international competitors as a result of a squeeze on funding for vital lab equipment, according to chemistry department heads.
Chemistry World January 5, 2012 Patrick Walter	UK Government Proposes Science Universities The UK government is inviting proposals for a 'new type of university' which would place a greater emphasis on science and technology courses and postgraduate education, although there would be no extra public money for their creation.
Chemistry World June 1, 2015 Adam Brownsell	We're in it together So, whither science in the UK and the funding, education, nation even, that will secure its future?
Chemistry World November 13, 2012 Leila Sattary	Chancellor singles out science to drive economic growth The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has outlined eight technology areas in which he wants the UK to lead the world.
Chemistry World June 17, 2013 Angeli Mehta	Forget tax credits, fund applied research An influential think tank has proposed cutting the UK tax credits companies receive for research and instead channeling the money into applied research centers.
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 December 23, 2014 Matthew Gunther	Home secretary's student visa plan draws ire of science community The UK home secretary Theresa May plans to back a proposal that would force foreign graduates to leave the country as soon as they have finished studying.
Chemistry World October 23, 2012 Leila Sattary	EPSRC grant success rates rise The UK's largest physical sciences funding agency has experienced a significant decrease in the number of applications submitted in 2011 -- 12, which has led to the highest grant success rates in the last decade.
Chemistry World December 8, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Chemistry performs better on gender balance in US than other physical science Of 9290 physical sciences PhDs awarded at US universities in 2013, 2491 were in chemistry and almost 40% were granted to women.
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Chemistry World August 1, 2014 Emma Stoye	Third of Portuguese chemistry labs at risk of closure Scientific research centers across Portugal are facing dramatic funding cuts following a large-scale review carried out by the country's Foundation for Science and Technology.