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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 December 9, 2014 |
More congressional criticism of US science agency funding Two audits were released that spurred allegations that the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), an environmental non-profit group funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), misspent taxpayer dollars. |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Split opens up on Capitol Hill over science funding Science advocates and researchers that depend on government grants are particularly worried now that Republicans control both chambers of Congress. |
Geotimes January 2007 Erin Gleeson |
Without a Budget, NSF Loses The new Congress does not intend to pass a 2007 National Science Foundation budget, and instead plans to run the federal government on a continuing resolution for all of fiscal year 2007. |
Geotimes February 2005 |
Budget battles For the first time in 13 years, Congress has cut the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), decreasing the federal agency's operating budget by 1.9 percent from 2004 levels. |
Chemistry World September 19, 2011 Rebecca Trager |
Senate looks to trim $162 million from NSF US Senators plan to cut the National Science Foundation's budget by 2.4 per cent to $6.7 billion ( 4.2 billion) in 2012, and this $162 million reduction has set alarm bells ringing throughout the research community. |
Chemistry World April 23, 2015 Maria Burke |
Grant application peer review system 'works well' The role of peer review in assessing grant applications has often been the subject of debate among scientists. Now, a recent analysis by US researchers suggests the system is working well. |
Geotimes June 2004 Emily Lehr Wallace |
Science Funding Left Behind No Child Left Behind stymies the National Science Foundation program in fiscal year 2005. |
Chemistry World November 17, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
US science agencies poised for tough times Current political and economic conditions in the US could mean bad news for the nation's science agencies and the researchers. |
InternetNews February 4, 2010 |
Microsoft Offers Free Use of Azure to NSF National Science Foundation to oversee project grants. |
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. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2004 Weaver & Fernley |
Tips for Getting Your Educational Technology Projects Funded Two points are important no matter what grant or source of funding you are looking at. |
Geotimes December 2004 Laura Stafford |
Science on a Budget Congress has approved the first budget cut to the National Science Foundation in 13 years, decreasing the federal agency's operating budget by 1.9 percent from 2004 levels. |
Chemistry World February 1, 2013 Rebecca Trager |
Duplicate grants could be costing US science agencies millions The US's premiere science agencies may be inadvertently awarding tens of millions of dollars to scientists who submitted the same grant proposal multiple times and accepted duplicate funding. |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Justin Hibbard |
Divvying Up The Stem Cell Bonanza Proposition 71's success will be measured by whether $3 billion in public money has benefited society, or only a handful of private companies. |
Geotimes August 2004 Sherwood Boehlert |
Making an Impact on the Hill At a time of increased spending on defense and homeland security, the prospects for a significant increase in the National Science Foundation budget are dim. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 Hesh Reinfeld |
Tough Call, Tough Client Recently, I got a call that startled me. "Mr. Reinfeld, this is Congressman Smith's office. Can you hold? The congressman would like to talk to you." |
Inc. September 2003 Amy Gunderson |
Grants for Rural Biz States with lots of farms and fields are making more grants available to businesses. |
Chemistry World July 29, 2011 Josh Howgego |
UK Research Needs an Independent Integrity Body A UK government report claims that the oversight of research integrity is unsatisfactory and recommends that an independent regulator be set up to oversee integrity. |
Information Today December 3, 2015 |
CHORUS Helps NSF Disseminate Its Research Results CHORUS signed an agreement with the National Science Foundation to help expand the agency's public access to its research results in accordance with its public access plan from early 2015. |
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. |
InternetNews October 4, 2006 David Needle |
Jobs Knew of Backdating Apple Computer released results today of an investigation into the backdating of stock option grants, saying it found that CEO Steve Jobs was aware of the practice. |
Information Today July 2, 2015 |
NSF Provides Funds for Engineering and Computer Science Departments The National Science Foundation is working to help universities prepare their future engineers and computer scientists. |
Chemistry World November 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
US universities face federal R&D funding fall American universities experienced a continuing decline in federal research and development funding in fiscal year 2014, according to new data from the US National Science Foundation. |
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 Fiona Case |
Gender bias in US research funding investigated At the request of three Congresswomen the US Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into whether gender bias is influencing the awarding of research grants, which would be illegal under US law. |
Chemistry World May 17, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
Congress pulls bill to increase science budgets A political fight between Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress has derailed legislation authorising funding for basic research and innovation. |
Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
Basic research bill backed in US The Democrats have scored big in a political fight underway in the US Congress over legislation to expand government funding for basic research and science programs. |
CIO July 1, 2001 Matt Villano |
You Get What You Pay For Taxpayers financed the invention of the Internet, but with fewer government dollars earmarked for IT research, the next killer app may not be made in America... |
Entrepreneur April 2007 David Worrell |
Media Mogul Making deals for unsold airtime helped this entrepreneur fund business growth. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
US research agencies get extra millions The US research community has won an extra $400 million for four science agencies, after successfully arguing that the nation's scientific enterprise is in a state of emergency. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Jean Kumagai |
U.S. Defense Dollars For Computer Science Plunge As long-term, federally funded projects become increasingly rare, some important problems aren't being addressed. However, it is critical for the future of IT in the United States and around the world that we figure it out. |
Chemistry World May 16, 2011 Rebecca Trager |
NSF five year plan to keep US science on top The agency plans to ensure that the US remains pre-eminent in S&E research and education. |
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Jane C. Nober |
Discretionary Grants Foundations reviewing an existing or proposed discretionary grant program should keep some of these basic legal principles and operational guidelines in mind. |
Chemistry World September 9, 2009 Leila Sattary |
Peer review under the microscope One of the largest ever international surveys of authors and reviewers has reiterated concerns over integrity, demand and quality control in peer review and highlighted the system's inability to effectively detect plagiarism. |
AFP eWire July 3, 2006 |
House Passes Bill to Create Federal Grant Database The bill, H.R. 5060, would require the government to disclose information on a website about all grants, as well as other types of payments, within 30 days of the money being awarded. |
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
Obama's proposed science budget disappoints US researchers and science advocates are expressing significant disappointment at funding proposals for research agencies in President Obama's budget request for 2015. |
Chemistry World April 15, 2011 Rebecca Trager |
Delayed US budgets finally agreed The Obama administration says it no longer plans to keep the budgets of the key physical science agencies on a trajectory to double between 2006 and 2016, but it is still vowing to provide them with 'strong investments'. |
InternetNews June 30, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Apple Joins Widening Stock Option Probe Apple has joined a growing list of companies to find themselves involved in a widening probe into controversial practices involving stock option grants. |
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller |
National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students. |
Scientific American July 2009 Eugenie Samuel Reich |
Stimulus Funds for Science Raise Concern about Misconduct About $31 billion in stimulus funds will go to science. Can watchdogs keep track of those funds? |
Chemistry World September 25, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
US budget bears good news for chemistry President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2010 - due to start 1 October - represents very good news for chemical science and for the general research community. |
Searcher Jul/Aug 2009 Nancy K. Herther |
Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers |
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Leila Sattary |
US to measure research impact A new federal project promises to monitor the impact of the $8.9 billion contribution to US scientific research included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus package. |
Chemistry World March 14, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
Tight us Budget Hits Chemistry Research The disappointing budgets allocated to US government science agencies are beginning to cut into chemistry. |
Chemistry World June 28, 2013 Maria Burke |
Science 'ecosystem' needs diversity to flourish How should research grants be allocated? Are large grants to a few elite researchers more effective than small grants to many researchers? A new study has concluded that targeting diversity rather than 'excellence' may be more productive. |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Paul & Sarah Edwards |
No Such Thing as Free Money? Will your wish for free money be granted? Don't count on it. There are grants, but they are few and far between. |
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Hardy Green |
Adam, We Hardly Knew Ye "The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas" is an engaging look at the often-misrepresented 18th century philosopher. |
D-Lib Jul/Aug 2000 |
Editorial Last month I attended two digital library meetings, the all-projects meeting of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Digital Libraries Initiative and a conference of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) -- in Europe, surprisingly enough.... |
Geotimes March 2004 Larry Kennedy |
Dim Prospects for Geosciences `05 Reflecting on my experiences as a congressional science fellow, here are my guesses regarding funding and policy decisions in 2004 that might have an impact on geoscience professionals. |
AFP eWire October 8, 2007 |
Canadian Funders Placing Huge Burdens on Charities The entire grant/funding process in Canada is becoming increasingly burdensome, time-consuming and complicated, according to a new report by the Wellesley Institute. |