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ViewCharles Rotimi to steer US genetics institute

Nigerian becomes first Africa-born scientist to take NIH scientific director post

ViewCambridge University researchers scoop ‘Oscars for science’

Several UK-based researchers were among the winners of the 2022 Breakthrough and New Horizons prizes

ViewOpportunity profile: Polish national academy goes global

Poland’s top research institution will host 15 international fellows for two-year projects

ViewUS news roundup: 3-9 September

This week: the science workforce, spreading federal funds and scrutiny of foreign NIH applicants

ViewWhite House pandemic plan demands efforts akin to moonshot

Broad-spectrum jabs among goals of Apollo-scale plan

ViewBiden brings Historically Black Colleges closer to White House

Presidential order aims to help minority-serving institutions access government funding programmes

ViewWorld news roundup: 3-9 September

This week: a decade of Sci-Hub, a nuclear chief for Iran and a Kazakhstan ban

ViewFrom the archive: The fine art of a Smithsonian application

Fulfilling the institution’s criteria in the limited space provided is essential for fellowship success

View‘UK must help keep Afghan dreams alive’

Chevening scholar hopes universities will open doors to those fleeing the Taliban

ViewRoyal Society of Chemistry joins global open-access initiative

OA Switchboard to help society better manage its open-access publishing agreements

ViewLeading MEP backs call for EU to support Afghan scholars

Christian Ehler says bloc’s help for at-risk scholars in general “clearly” must expand

ViewWHO data hub aims to head off future pandemics

Potential of $100 million disease surveillance centre overshadowed by Chinese reluctance to share Covid data

ViewUS news roundup: 27 August to 2 September

This week: a $3.5 trillion spending package, the Afghanistan evacuation and campus vaccinations

ViewUS intelligence agencies split on Covid origins, to Republican ire

Agencies agree pandemic virus is not a weapon, but diverge on whether it was engineered

ViewWhite House wants R&D to focus on pandemics and climate

Biden administration lays out spending priorities for 2022-23, with R&D investment expected to rise

ViewOpportunity profile: Social science crosses borders

Open Research Area call involves UK, France, Germany and Canada, with Japan an additional partner

ViewWomen ‘more likely to feel short-changed on authorship’

Despite broaching authorship early, women experience more problems than men when writing research papers

ViewAfghan students plead for last-minute evacuation

As final flights leave Kabul, students stuck in country say their lives are “in grave...

ViewMiddle East, North Africa and Turkey raise their R&D game

International collaboration lifts Menat region’s share of global publication outputs

ViewWorld news roundup: 20-26 August

This week: new Chinese education minister appointed, China lambasts Covid probe, and Russian tech-transfer boost

ViewUS news roundup: 20-26 August

This week: Congress quizzes EPA, disabled students get loan forgiveness, and lawsuit delays lunar lander

ViewFusion energy milestone prompts call for US research funding boost

Department of Energy has planned budget cuts for programme behind “historic” result

ViewMost US research managers would move for a flexible job

Survey finds majority of administrators are working remotely and consider it a positive change

ViewJoint Austrian-Danish-Israeli Covid fund still lacking a purpose

No strategy or launch date confirmed for €50 million R&D fund, months after launch announcement

ViewResearcher who fled Afghanistan says universities must ‘step up’

Academic urges institutions to cut bureaucracy and offer immediate support to students and academics

View‘Over 100 European institutions ready to host Afghan scholars’

European academic and civil society groups back urgent appeal for flights, placements and consular support

ViewBiotech takeover probed for potentially breaking EU rules

US genomics giant Illumina acquired cancer detection company while $8 billion deal was under review

ViewWorld news roundup: 13-19 August

This week: Brazilian science “risks collapse”, India-Israel collaboration plans and a mandate for inclusiveness

ViewGlobal calls to protect Afghan academics from Taliban

Taliban claims women will be able to continue their education met with scepticism

ViewUS news roundup: 13-19 August

This week: FDA independence, research security and supporting staff in higher education