11 stories tagged research-funding, newest first.
230 points by aaraujo002 | 184 comments
Simons Foundation news release announcing a $15 million initiative to help mathematicians use AI tools and adapt to changes in the field.
16 points by ketothekingdom | 5 comments
Essay by Alex Wang arguing for pricing research breakthroughs so frontier AI labs, neolabs, and investors can all benefit.
139 points by ray__ | 20 comments
Biohub news post announcing an international, cross-sector collaboration committing nearly $2 billion to build foundational biological data for AI disease models.
795 points by presspot | 942 comments
Scientific American feature by Adam Rogers examining how the compact between U.S. science and politics broke down, leaving American science in chaos.
597 points by dmayo | 662 comments
Transcript of a video message from MIT President Sally Kornbluth about research funding and the talent pipeline, published by MIT's Office of the President.
731 points by aldarion | 427 comments
UCSF news article on internal sugar industry papers showing it funded research that shifted blame for heart disease from sugar to fat; the page loaded as a block page.
514 points by magicalist | 676 comments
Science magazine ScienceInsider report that the National Science Foundation is abolishing its 37 divisions in response to presidential directives on research funding.
543 points by m463 | 97 comments
NIH Director statement announcing an accelerated July 1, 2025 implementation date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy making funded research freely available.
420 points by groseje | 407 comments
Steve Blank blog post on how WWII-era science advisors and policy choices made the U.S. a science and engineering superpower while Britain fell behind.
861 points by rrock | 1303 comments
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org about current events and turmoil inside the NIH and NSF, dated February 4, 2025.
392 points by jseliger | 416 comments
A Substack essay by Ruxandra Teslo arguing that academia should tolerate unconventional 'weird nerd' researchers and take human capital more seriously in science.