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Britain pledges science funding boost

The British chancellor, Gordon Brown, last month set out spending plans that, if carried out, would lead to the largest sustained increase in science spending for a generation, but many researchers are concerned that such is the pressure on funds, there would be very little money left over for new research. Brown’s ten-year investment framework for science pledged that research and development ...

Science funding and science policy: Big data as a tool for supporting the research funding process

ÜberResearch pursues a comprehensive approach to big and small data to aid science funders in operations and analysis. We seek to consolidate global award data and funders’ internal data, with a focus on data harmonization, natural language processing and disambiguation. In this article, firstly, I give a definition and some examples of big data. Next, I look at the relevance of big data in sci...

Protect the coasts so they can protect us

With rising sea levels and environmental problems caused by population and economic pressures colliding at the world's coastlines, there are huge risks to people and the environment, but also opportunities to restore natural defences and help both. Michael Gross reports.

Trends in US autism research funding.

This study shows that the number of autism research grants funded in the US from 1997 to 2006 significantly increased 15% per year. Although the majority of projects were concentrated in basic science (65%) compared to clinical (15%) and translational research (20%), there is a significant decrease in the proportion of basic research grants per year and a significant increase in the proportion ...