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Nuffield Foundation says it wants to generate ‘viable solutions to the key social questions facing the country’ under new strategic direction

Setting UK’s main research funder clearly defined objectives can bolster the case for R&I investment, finds Public Accounts Committee

Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

A significant budget boost, including for the ERC, MSCA and EIC, must not be undermined by the next two years of wrangling, says Jan Palmowski

Universities and institutes to receive funding to pay to relocate 60 to 80 researchers, with five of 12 winners hailing from Greater South East region

Research-intensive universities urge UK to signal ‘early intent’ to associate to FP10

Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu

Cambridge and Manchester’s blueprint will build on existing assets and address real constraints to deliver results quickly, say Deborah Prentice and Duncan Ivison

Boris Johnson-era messaging about ‘UK greatness’ in science annoys and alienates potential research partners, says report from major funder

University groups call for new fund to ‘complement, but not substitute’ next framework programme

Researcher who waited nearly two years for rejection claims ‘nonsensical’ criticisms of his paper must have been chatbot-generated

Country amasses 30,000 researchers working on new technology, ‘dwarfing’ the talent pools of its nearest rivals

Researchers call for improved national assessment processes as proposals receive different feedback at European level

French president welcomes growing collaboration between scientists either side of the Channel

Leverhulme Trust puts more money into UK sector ‘under strain’ to mark centenary year

Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts

Around 200 doctorates funded across 10 university consortia in new model for arts and humanities postgraduate research funding

New funding model an example of ‘top-down’ research planning that will harm scientists’ careers, fears Nobelist

Disappearance of US-hosted data should be ‘wake-up call’ for scientific community, conference hears

Institutions may be forced to choose between extra research funding and placating students unless narrative around military work changes

Mindset ‘shift’ required as ‘threat landscape’ evolves from IP theft, expert says

Disparities in impact-related support for UK academics may widen funding inequalities from Research Excellence Framework, scholars fear

‘AI-powered’ tools used by research sleuths overplay scale of issue now weaponised to defund projects, according to Thomas Südhof

Funding for curiosity-driven research ‘easiest area’ for governments to cut, warns science minister

Frances Arnold says US science is ‘paying the price’ for not explaining benefits of research funding for ‘far too long’

Group attempts to capitalise on new era of university collaboration – and show collective worth to government – but will it end up as a ‘pale imitation’ of Russell Group?

Ten institutions including some members of the now-defunct 1994 Group join together in attempt to find ‘collective voice’ away from the Russell Group

As she ends her five years as chief executive of UKRI, the plant scientist warns that forcing all institutions and researchers to pursue a single definition of research excellence is impoverishing the research base on which the government’s more eye-catching ambitions depend. Jack Grove reports

European Commission’s proposal to introduce directionality to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions met with alarm

Ten-year budgets, research ‘mission’ fund and commercialisation focus confirmed in new blueprint that outlines ‘critical’ role of universities in driving growth

Much-anticipated package for recruiting foreign researchers follows similar moves by France and the European Union to snap up US scientists

Study highlights lack of awareness of research ethics among Chinese undergraduates following attempts to crack down on misconduct

Report highlights fragmentation of academic links with health system as research drops off NHS agenda

Uptick in ‘unprecedented’, ‘exceptional’ and other grandiose terms within scientific papers can be traced to launch of ChatGPT, say scholars

The new Adelaide University will combine goal-oriented basic and applied research in search of greater impact, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd

Top-down approach may be needed to coordinate university research as funding cuts bite, departing science chief tells MPs 

Success from social sciences and humanities scholars helps end slump in advanced grant winners

Calls for funders to launch ‘random draws’ and offer mentorship to promising applicants who fail to receive grants

Controversial rules on uncapping output numbers for researchers and preventing research ‘portability’ confirmed

UK academia faces ‘pivotal moment’ as deadline approaches for cash-strapped universities to negotiate deals with leading publishers

June spending review reveals real-terms increase in science department’s budget as student levy remains on the table for universities 

University of Edinburgh to house new national supercomputer as government reverses spending decision

MPs grill science minister on significance of new scheme that puts innovation spending in hands of mayors

East-West partnerships playing an ‘increasingly substantial role’ in development of critical technologies but geopolitics puts trend under threat, finds British Council

With EU reviewing Israel’s Horizon Europe participation, some believe research boycott should form part of Keir Starmer’s potential ‘targeted sanctions’

Pilot exercise will gather information on how quality-related funding is used to address EDI, according to new action plan

Now that the framework programme’s integrity appears assured, it’s time to address the details – together, says Jan Palmowski

Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author

Even extreme interest in Covid-19 science was not enough to overcome citation loss associated with switching to a different research track, say US economists

Australia’s ‘addiction’ to foreign students’ fees and its penchant for ‘little bits and pieces of reform’ are threats to sovereign research capability, press club hears

Next framework programme should recognise European scholars ‘don’t all have the same burden of the past’, according to Andrzej Szeptycki

Confirmation of self-standing FP10 welcomed – but budget questions still to be answered, say umbrella bodies

By spreading studentships around the country, the AHRC’s new PhD funding formula will strengthen research through diversity, says Katie Normington

‘Valuing voices’ checklist hopes to help academics to design research projects with ‘principles of inclusiveness’ in mind

Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy

Fears over cuts to university-based frontier science eased by European Commission president’s speech confirming independence of Framework Programme 10

Doubling the length of time required for indefinite leave to remain in the UK will impose a considerable ‘financial and emotional toll’ on international researchers, warn experts

Other UK government departments outside science will be encouraged to allocate a proportion of their research budgets to long-term funding

In an era of complex challenges, single authorship is no longer the only marker of significant contributions, say Jeanne Féaux de la Croix, Roger Norum and Joanna Rostek