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ViewNC3Rs announces challenges for upcoming £3.5m funding call

Animal research charity sets out five research questions for annual CRACK IT Challenges competition

ViewUK funds coronavirus antibody study in Kenya

Survey will track viral exposure in blood donors, pregnant women and healthcare workers

ViewHeart research funders award €4m to international projects

British, Dutch and German partners provide funding for projects aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment

ViewHumanities ‘can transform data science research’

Researchers at the Alan Turing Institute call for two-way exchange between disciplines

ViewSocial research charity to begin search for next chair

Robert Burgess will step down from NatCen role in February after nine years

View£100m fund for Covid-hit zoos opens for applications

Fund will provide grants of up to £730,000 for animal welfare costs and maintenance

ViewExpert panel appointed to inform cultural recovery from Covid-19

Members include researchers and prominent figures from across the UK’s arts and creative industries

ViewRoyal Society recognises ‘groundbreaking’ researchers

Prizes and medals awarded to 25 researchers for their contribution to science, including on Covid-19

ViewInclusivity work ‘unacceptably slow’, admits Institute of Physics

Institute’s council says diversity and inclusion will be prioritised in governance review

ViewArma and UKRI examine due diligence in international research

Questionnaire aims to inform how to reduce burdens and barriers to international collaboration

ViewBritish Heart Foundation warns 300 jobs could be cut

Charity expects drop in income due to coronavirus and £50m in cuts to its research

ViewDeparting Innovate UK chief executive to join charity LifeArc

Ian Campbell is set to join the medical research charity in fourth quarter of 2020

ViewDrop in UK business innovation ‘cause for real concern’

Survey shows innovation ‘has fallen off a cliff’ and is at lowest level since 2008-10

ViewIan Campbell on his resignation, UKRI and UK Arpa

Innovate UK’s departing chair talks to Research Professional News following his surprise resignation

ViewCampbell’s resignation reignites Innovate UK identity crisis

Future and vision of the innovation agency is further complicated by plans for UK Arpa

ViewUKRI and NIHR invest in research on Covid-19 and ethnicity

Projects aim to explain and mitigate disproportionate death rate from Covid-19 in BAME communities

ViewInnovate UK executive chair Ian Campbell to step down

Resignation comes after Campbell voiced concerns over innovation agency’s lack of autonomy and prominence

ViewUKRI promises emphasis on research culture in future REF

Funder publishes plan to implement Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers

View‘Golden triangle’ institutions dominate UKRI 2019-20 awards

University College London continues to be the most successful institution, with 198 awards

ViewNERC appoints deputy chair

Alison Robinson will take charge of spending review submissions and strategy

ViewRoyal Society group concerned over dearth of Covid-19 data

Epidemiologist tells Research Professional News more granular data is needed to prepare for second wave

ViewUK Space Agency launches new research funding programme

Initial £15m available as part of the National Space Innovation Programme

ViewEPSRC announces ‘flexible’ fellowship scheme

Scheme will enable researchers to design a fellowship to fit their research needs

ViewJulia Black appointed British Academy president-elect

Black wants more women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds in positions of influence

ViewBid to host funding agency for high-risk research in Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast pro vice-chancellor says city has ‘much to offer’ UK Arpa

ViewFunders set out principles for pandemic research

R&D support ‘should provide for rapid and equitable research’

ViewStudy warns of discrimination in business innovation

Report commissioned by Innovate UK calls for more ambitious policy initiatives to transform the system

ViewStatistics body reveals plans to professionalise data science

Royal Statistical Society aims to ensure public confidence in way their data are used

ViewConcerns mount over cuts to aid research

Universities and researchers plan for hits to Newton Fund and Global Challenges Research Fund

ViewNuffield Foundation reviewing priorities in light of Covid-19

The trust expects its annual expenditure to total £100 million over five years