If formalized, the rule would make political priorities the prime determinant of what science gets funded and sideline the ...
Seeking to improve opportunities for cross-community communication about the importance of publicly funded science impacts.
The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.
Scientists across multiple disciplines are raising the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide ...
Trump’s latest move is a continuation of his actions against the NSF and US science as a whole.
Nearly every modern medical treatment can be traced to research funded by the National Institutes of Health: from over-the-counter and prescription medications that treat high cholesterol and pain to ...
America has long been the undisputed global leader in science and innovation, propelling our economy and improving everyday lives at home and abroad. But federal support for scientific research and ...
About a year ago, it seemed the sky was falling for American scientific research. The Trump administration last February cut thousands of workers at federal science agencies, squeezed the flow of ...
Federally funded science is critical to discovering new treatments for disease. Just ask Melvin Mann, who was a 37-year-old Army major when doctors diagnosed him with an aggressive and deadly blood ...
Science turned a serendipitous finding about lizard venom into one of the most important drugs of the century, but that type of research is getting harder to do.
For students at UAA and across the state, federal research support can be the difference between opportunity here and leaving ...
Lessons from Brazil on how science philanthropy can and should act in the face of political hostility. The United States is ...