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ViewNew US scheme to boost university research translation

National Science Foundation providing $60 million to build capacity and infrastructure

View‘Great urgency’ for major improvements in Nist facilities

Water leaks have damaged equipment and labs, finds study of US standards institute

ViewLearning lessons in engagement

As NIH leaders report on their pandemic experiences, some say the learning has just begun

ViewUS news roundup: 3-9 February

This week: US-India ties, Nasa funding for HBCUs and a Darpa ‘food from air’ scheme

ViewCommittee chairs seek info on Russian attempts to hack US labs

Hackers targeted research critical to national security, Republican chairs say

ViewUS National Institutes of Health sets out lessons from Covid-19

Lessons include need for investment in behavioural research and faster clinical trials

ViewProgress by degrees

Minority groups are earning more Stem degrees, but parity is a distant dream

ViewUS news roundup: 27 January to 2 February

This week: White House scientific integrity policy criticised and Congress member alleges congressional oversight “ignored”

ViewUS taskforce publishes roadmap for AI research infrastructure

Roadmap outlines $2.6 billion in spending to expand access to artificial intelligence research

ViewUS Stem diversity increasing, but further improvements needed

Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native people constitute just a quarter of Stem workforce

ViewData show how far diversity in science still has to go

Authorship records bring sobering evidence to debate over goals and approaches, says Gali Halevi

ViewEU and US plan more cooperation on artificial intelligence research

Two powers sign agreement for researchers to collaborate in using AI to address global challenges

ViewBudget battles and R&D ambitions

With Republicans pulling levers to limit spending, US research may end up being squeezed

ViewUS and EU to launch cybersecurity fellowship

Pilot later this year will involve “an exchange of cyber experts”

ViewUS news roundup: 20-26 January

This week: a five-year university group plan, an AI clash and liquid-mirror telescopes

ViewStudy suggests ways to boost US defence R&D collaboration

Rand recommends Department of Defense boosts awareness of collaboration opportunities and reduce bureaucracy

ViewExperts call for broader US review of risky biological research

Current definition of pathogens is “too narrow” and some research could be “overlooked”, group warns

ViewCooperation and compromise

Could universities with Confucius Institutes be funded by the NSF and Department of Defense again?

ViewUS news roundup: 13-19 January

This week: US-Japan space collaboration, an NSF commercialisation partnership and a humanities boost

ViewPower changes hands at top of US House committees

Key committees for R&D get new chairs after Republicans gain majority in House of Representatives

ViewWhite House moves to strengthen integrity of science agencies

Framework says agencies should prevent political interference and have non-restrictive social media policies

ViewA ship without a captain

Why has the NIH been without a boss since 2021?

ViewUS news roundup: 6-12 January

This week: novel ideas for space technology, Hillary Clinton joins Columbia University and more

ViewUS R&D spending up $75bn in 2021, but intensity flat

R&D spending as share of GDP flatlined for the first time in years, report estimates

ViewPlan to restore defence funding to US universities with China centres

National Academies make recommendations for how Confucius Institute hosts could receive Department of Defense funds

ViewUS research in 2023: more money, fewer problems?

Boosted US science budgets are still short of ambition, say some in the research world

ViewAppropriations bill boosts US science spending for 2023

National Science Foundation among agencies to receive bolstered budgets

ViewUS news roundup: 16 December to 5 January

This week: minority involvement in artificial intelligence, health researcher conduct and agency independence

ViewR&D spending by US academic institutions up 4% in 2021

US colleges and universities spent $89.9 billion on R&D

ViewTop stories of 2022: US

Major publishing policy change, microchip spending and more—the biggest US research stories of the year