This is a telling quote on the super tight timeframe for bids to run a £40m AI lab
“The labs being targeted will be able to meet the turnaround time because they have that kind of resource”
Quite a top down approach to research funding?
Not the first recent example of that
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Parliament president: academic freedom ‘in interest of all Europe’.
Europe cannot “lower our guard” in defence of principle, warns research commissioner.
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Four-week timeframe for £40m AI research lab divides opinion.
Tech advocates celebrate prospect of new UK lab, but “extremely tight” application window sparks concern.
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Scientists slam removal of climate chapter from US judges’ manual.
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UUK boss: universities don’t need ‘another bloody review’.
Vivienne Stern opposes student loan review as Philip Augar warns of “privatisation of university teaching”.
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Lessons from Kyiv on linking civilian and dual-use research.
Europe should design FP10 and security-related funding around project-level rules rather than institutional labels, says Andrii Shysholin.
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Why research impact is so important—and hard to show.
Five specialists discuss the benefits and challenges around research impact.
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There’s also a robust response to an analysis arguing that applying for EU research grants is a waste of time and money, saying it doesn’t take account of everything that matters around research grants.
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And in our opinion section, there’s a view from Kyiv on what one of its universities can teach Europe about how to approach dual-use research.
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We also consider how the EU can hope to achieve its target of spending 3 per cent of GDP on R&D, and how nations might create the right conditions for industry and get taxpayers on board with public spending.
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In our features section, five experts look at why research impact is so important, and grapple with the tough question of how to judge impact.
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And continuing with the competitiveness theme, the Commission has recommended that member states should position the EU as a “global champion” of academic freedom to help boost its economic performance.
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On that subject of how the next Horizon Europe will link with the ECF, research ministers have added their voices to the chorus of concerns, urging the Commission to do more work on the design of the next framework programme.
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Meanwhile, as if tensions over implications for the EU’s R&I programme from the new European Competitiveness Fund were not enough, there are now tensions over whether that fund should focus on excellence or be used to narrow R&I gaps between nations.
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Europe is approaching a “pivotal moment” on working conditions for its researchers. That is the message delivered by researcher networks in our lead story this week.
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Opinion: Are some funding calls a waste of time and money?
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Significant from Patrick Vallance at Lords science committee:
He is "determined that UKRI must find a way to look after" STFC's physics, astronomy and nuclear grants.
"Tension" between STFC facilities and grants funding "needs to be resolved".
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Cern project cut ‘weakens’ UK global standing, says STFC leader
Scintillating performance from both physicists and MPs earlier today at the SITC hearing. Glad I was there in person.
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Australia: NHMRC, ARC's research integrity push (free to read):
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From our latest issue: EU ‘approaching pivotal moment’ on researcher conditions
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From our latest issue: Why research impact is so important—and hard to show
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From our latest issue: The planned European Competitiveness should focus on excellence and avoid national allocations, sector leaders say
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Free-to-read opinion: A Ukrainian university has found, in hosting civil, dual-use and defence work, that "openness and security are not opposites but variables calibrated at project level"
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Most UK universities now inactive on X.
Tipping point reached as shift away from Elon Musk’s social media platform continues.
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Closure of language courses is ‘national catastrophe’, warns VC.
Birmingham leader Adam Tickell says “institutional mergers” may be needed to protect “national cultural assets”.
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EU ‘approaching pivotal moment’ on researcher conditions.
Researcher networks say ERA Act must set minimum employment standards or risk loss of capacity.
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STFC's budget problems go much wider than the LHCb project at Cern, but it's significant that Michele Dougherty said withdrawing funds would weaken UK's international standing
Why? Because DSIT has said it's paying attention to that issue
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Cern project cut ‘weakens’ UK global standing, says STFC leader
Michele Dougherty grilled by MPs on “catastrophic” impact of cuts on early career physicists
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