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ViewUS news roundup: 27 August to 2 September

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

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

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

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

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

ViewBiotech takeover probed for potentially breaking EU rules

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

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

ViewRushed chemical checks risking US public health, group claims

Environment agency denies ‘ban’ on its scientists comparing notes while assessing potentially hazardous chemicals

ViewSmaller US universities financially vulnerable after Covid

Survey also reveals widespread focus on campus diversity issues in wake of George Floyd murder

ViewUS news roundup: 6-12 August

This week: Senate spending bills, education R&D, climate report reaction and research integrity grants

ViewBiden’s team criticised for extra relief on student loan repayments

Republican accuses president’s administration of working “against the interests of students, borrowers and taxpayers”

ViewUS Senate advances spending packages worth $4.5tr

Senators vote through $1 trillion for activities including R&D, as Democrats engineer $3.5tn follow-up

ViewUS news roundup: 30 July to 5 August

This week: university funding, energy innovation and the origins of the pandemic

ViewLimb regeneration and psychiatric biomarkers among new NIH goals

US biomedical research funder sets out “high hopes” in five-year strategic plan

ViewUS news roundup: 23-29 July

This week: visa fraud charges dropped, mandatory vaccinations and a Jupiter mission

ViewBipartisan bill backs innovation hubs to boost US regions

Legislation would encourage local governments, universities and businesses to team up

ViewGlobal science leaders pressure China to back Covid origins study

Senior EU politician and US, Australian and Japanese advisers say China must uphold scientific integrity

ViewUS news roundup: 16-22 July

This week: Congress stymies new funding agencies, Hubble telescope reboots and health agency overlap criticised

ViewGlobal group demands political action for researcher jailed in Iran

Academic groups seek help for Ahmadreza Djalali as Iran prepares to swear in hardline president

ViewUS says wave of Chinese cyberattacks targeted universities

Attacks targeted infectious diseases research, according to US Department of Justice

ViewUS Academy of Sciences panel to promote research integrity

Group will develop policies for tackling systemic challenges

ViewUS news roundup: 9-15 July

This week: an Alzheimer’s drug investigation, fixed-term visas and absent PhD students

ViewSpending bills set out budget increases for US science agencies

House backs 2022 boosts for education, energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

ViewNIH finds its budget fluctuations help established researchers

Top researchers—often old, white and male—gain most from budget shifts, grants chief Mike Lauer explains

ViewUS news roundup: 2-8 July

This week: science integrity, the student loan freeze and a phrasebook for informed consent

ViewUS environment agency accused of ‘doctoring’ risk assessments

Whistleblower support organisation says public health is at risk and asks Congress to investigate

ViewBudgets set to expand at US environment research agencies

Lawmakers match presidential ambition to boost R&D, but new climate innovation funder encounters resistance

ViewGates foundation gets $15bn top-up amid concerns over future

Largest contribution since 2000 from billionaire founders comes after tricky time for mega-funder