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ViewSenate bill targets foreign influence on US research

Proposed legislation would ratchet up state scrutiny of foreign researchers in the United States

ViewUS news roundup: 19-25 June

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ViewDismay among universities as Trump suspends foreign visas

Presidential order cuts off vital route for universities hiring international researchers

ViewNIH strengthens sexual harassment reporting rules

Measures aim to stop the music in the long-running game of ‘pass the harasser’

ViewUS news roundup: 12-18 June

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ViewDeal welcomes US companies into UK space sector

UK commercial space sector opened up as government aims at first space launch

ViewUS prioritises pharma in fight against Covid-19

Top adviser Fauci says NIH clinical trial networks have opened up to companies during outbreak

ViewUS academics strike against racism in science

Anti-racist campaign comes as figures show slow progress in increasing numbers of black STEM graduates

View‘Transparent’ NIH scoring fails to address racial disparities

Study finds substantial funding gaps persist between black and white principal investigators

ViewUS news roundup: 29 May to 4 June

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ViewUS academic salaries have stagnated since 2008 crisis

Recent annual increase amounts to 0.5 per cent after inflation, study finds

ViewResearch links with China ‘will become more political’

Ties likely to be rattled by growing geopolitical tensions and exacerbated by Covid-19

ViewUS news roundup: 22-28 May

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ViewCongress criticises blanket pandemic payout for universities

Emergency funding for institutions should have been means tested, Democrat lawmakers say

ViewOxford Covid-19 vaccine gets $1bn boost from US government

But a scientist warns of ‘jumping the gun’ given there’s little evidence that vaccine works

ViewUS news roundup: 15-21 May

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ViewCongress considers next major Covid-19 relief package

Bill providing funding to cover costs of lab closures could face headwinds in the Senate

ViewUS Covid-19 R&D partnership Operation Warp Speed launched

Public-private programme seeks to deliver coronavirus vaccine by January 2021

ViewUniversities ask for delay to sexual harassment rules

Far-reaching changes to campus investigations criticised as ‘practically impossible’ to implement for universities running remotely

ViewSpace education can combat Chinese ‘threat’, Congress told

NASA’s education budget should reflect need to keep pace with Chinese progress, congressional researchers say

ViewUS news roundup: 8-14 May

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ViewUS news roundup: 1-7 May

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewInterview: Predicting pandemics

Infectious diseases expert Dennis Carroll outlines his vision for monitoring viral threats across the globe

ViewNSF review could re-engineer funder towards innovation

Report says a focus on translational research is needed to maintain US leadership in R&D

ViewUS news roundup: 24-30 April

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ViewFederal scientists report seeing widespread political interference

Perceived lack of scientific integrity linked to agency and administration leadership, and respect for staff

ViewNIH sets up industry partnership for Covid-19 drug development

Consortium to include 16 pharmaceutical companies and five government agencies

ViewUS news roundup: 17-23 April

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ViewNIH starts Covid-19 trial of drug touted by Trump

Study ‘urgently needed’ as many hospitals are already using hydroxychloroquine on patients, lead researcher says

ViewGrowing global outcry over US defunding of WHO

More researchers and nations condemn Trump move