Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
NSF Responsible Tech Initiative Looking at AI, Biotech and Climate
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s new Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program supports research, implementation, and educational projects for multidisciplinary, multi-sector teams
New Report Finds Social Science Key Ingredient in Innovation Recipe
A new report from Britain’s Academy of Social Sciences argues that the key to success for physical science and technology research is a healthy helping of relevant social science.
Latest Golden Goose Award Winners Focused on DNA Applications, and Chickens
Five scientists who received federal funding earlier in their research journeys honored for their unexpected discoveries.
Trans-Atlantic Platform Seeks Proposals to Advance Democracy, Governance and Trust
The Trans-Atlantic Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities has issued its fourth joint research call to produce research targeting societal issues related to the economy, politics and more while advancing democracy, governance and trust.
NSF Guidelines Amidst Foreign Threats To Research Security
Reflecting concerns that foreign governments have illicitly obtained research developed by the United States, posing threats to research security and hindering international collaboration, the National Science Foundation released “NSF Guidelines for Research Security Analytics.”
U.S. Science Funding Bill Advances – With Raft of Restrictions
Partisan touchstones like critical race theory and environmental, social, and governance investments are among the issues encrusting the funding bill for American science currently making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
History Offers Way Forward for Ukrainian Scientific System
Research shows that local and international policymakers can minimize the harm suffered by Ukrainian science by providing direct funding to researchers, creating remote research positions and offering research opportunities abroad to Ukrainian scientists.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Interview with President Anna Harvey
To celebrate the Social Science Research Council’s 100th anniversary, we interviewed SSRC president Anna Harvey.
