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Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives

Vice President Biden Calls for Open Access, Open Data and New Incentives

Vice President Joe Biden has met with thousands of stakeholders across all sectors, seeking suggestions for how to remove the barriers that are currently blocking progress in science, research, and development.

No deadline, fewer requests

No deadline, fewer requests

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has found a potentially powerful tool to help it tamp down the workload created by some 48,000 grant proposals annually: It can simply eliminate deadlines.

Biological specimen troves threatened by funding pause

Biological specimen troves threatened by funding pause

Decision by US National Science Foundation could hamper research on conservation biology, climate change and invasive species.

The elephant in the room we can’t ignore

The elephant in the room we can’t ignore

If Donald Trump were to trigger a crisis in Western democracy, scientists would need to look at their part in its downfall, says Colin Macilwain.

NSF launches long-awaited diversity initiative

NSF launches long-awaited diversity initiative

The NSF announced its intention to hand out small grants later this year to dozens of institutions to test novel ways of broadening participation in science and engineering.

NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research

NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research

The NIH will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals.

Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending

Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending

Many research advocates worry that the proposal could backfire in the face of political opposition.

Funding for key data resources in jeopardy

Funding for key data resources in jeopardy

Several widely used biology databases supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute are facing unsettling change.

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH director Francis Collins announced that the 50 NIH-owned animals that remain available for research will be sent to sanctuaries.

Research for all

Research for all

Numbers on racial bias in research grants awarded by the NIH show that science has more to learn about inclusiveness.

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

Artificial intelligence institute launches free science search engine

Semantic Scholar comes from centre backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

Cardiologist to head extramural research at NIH

Cardiologist to head extramural research at NIH

Michael Lauer, who has been with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute since 2007, will become NIH deputy director for extramural research in a few weeks.

Precision Medicine Initiative moves forward

Precision Medicine Initiative moves forward

The NIH Advisory Committee to the Director issued recommendations laying out a blueprint for the Obama Administration's precision medicine initiative, including the framework for building a large-scale, national research cohort of 1 million or more Americans.

Ignoring science isn't a Republican problem. It's an American problem.

Ignoring science isn't a Republican problem. It's an American problem.

"I'm not a scientist." How many times have you heard that lately from politicians who are trying to duck questions about important scientific topics like climate change and vaccines?

Using behavioral science insights to better serve the American people

Using behavioral science insights to better serve the American people

Obama issues a new Executive Order directing agencies to use behavioral science.

Agencies plan research-ethics overhaul

Agencies plan research-ethics overhaul

Long-awaited revision proposed for regulations governing studies of human subjects.

Senate panel approves public access bill

Senate panel approves public access bill

Senate panel approved a bill that would require U.S. science agencies to make the peer-reviewed research papers they fund freely available to the public.

Obama orders effort to build first exascale computer

Obama orders effort to build first exascale computer

The US is committed to building a computer some 30x more powerful than today's top machine.

Congress pushes NIH to spur breakthroughs through prizes

Congress pushes NIH to spur breakthroughs through prizes

A provision in a new biomedical innovation bill passed last week in the House of Representatives would create a new program to launch prize competitions at the NIH.

Politics doesn't always rule

Politics doesn't always rule

Although a person's political views are a strong predictor of their attitudes on climate change and a handful of energy issues, their gender, age, religion, race, or education play a larger role on many other controversial topics.