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How to Save Space and Stick to the Limit when Writing Research Funding Applications

How to Save Space and Stick to the Limit when Writing Research Funding Applications

Research funders impose length limits on applications for practical reasons: to discourage epic submissions, and to ease the burden on reviewers. It’s also true that concise ideas are generally stronger ideas. But sticking to these limits can often seem a difficult and frustrating task.

Women Innovators Prize 2019 Opens for Applications

Women Innovators Prize 2019 Opens for Applications

The European Commission launched today the sixth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. The Prize sheds light on the outstanding work of female entrepreneurs who have brought their ideas to market, and aims to inspire the next generation of innovators.

'Don't Allow Horizon Europe to Become Cohesion Europe'

'Don't Allow Horizon Europe to Become Cohesion Europe'

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn appeals to research chiefs Carlos Moedas and Jean-Eric Paquet to keep R&D programme focused on excellence, rather than even spread of winners.

Six Science Bosses Join Forces to Push for More EU Funding for 'excellent' Science

Six Science Bosses Join Forces to Push for More EU Funding for 'excellent' Science

New ‘G6’ group of top French, German, Italian and Spanish institutes aims for more collaboration, and to ‘make sure politicians understand the urgency’ of science investment

Launch of €100 Million Clean Energy Fund with Bill Gates

Launch of €100 Million Clean Energy Fund with Bill Gates

Bill Gates and the European Commission have launched a €100 million investment fund designed to bring radical clean energy technologies more quickly to market in order to promote energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Better, Fairer, More Meaningful Research Evaluation – in Seven Hashtags

Better, Fairer, More Meaningful Research Evaluation – in Seven Hashtags

Considering the future of research assessment, Elizabeth Gadd outlines how she believes research evaluation could be made better, fairer, and more meaningful. The resulting seven guiding principles…

A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales

A Look Inside Chan Zuckerberg, the Philanthropic Project Funded by Billions in Facebook Stock Sales

Two years after Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced an audacious plan to use their Facebook fortune to try and end disease in their children's lifetime, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has ballooned to 250 people. 

Research Funding is Critical to Societally Relevant Research

Research Funding is Critical to Societally Relevant Research

Paul Benneworth and Kate Maxwell explain why we need public funding for science that creates truly public benefits.

Corporate Sponsors for NASA? Agency to Study Making Space for Brands

Corporate Sponsors for NASA? Agency to Study Making Space for Brands

In an era of flat budgets for the agency, Jim Bridenstine has started talking about corporate sponsorships for NASA missions.

Massive GBP30-million Grant Will Be Awarded to One Cardiovascular Research Team

Massive GBP30-million Grant Will Be Awarded to One Cardiovascular Research Team

British Heart Foundation award is one of the largest single grants in medical research.

Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy

Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy

The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.

Who Would You Share Your Funding With?

Who Would You Share Your Funding With?

I want to see whether the wisdom of crowds does a better job than conventional grant review at supporting research, says Johan Bollen.