ViewR&D funding needs flexibility to respond to crises, MEPs say

Message comes as EU plans state aid provisions to facilitate response to Covid-19 pandemic

ViewAfrica news roundup: 13-19 March

Mark Green resigns from USAID, and other stories from the past week

ViewSA commits research funding to study coronavirus

Money will be redirected from other science areas, says government

ViewPhilanthropists announce coronavirus support for Africa

Benefactors include Alibaba’s founder and former New York City mayor

ViewUS News Roundup: 13-19 March

The latest research and funding policy news from the US

ViewGhana universities close but Covid-19 science carries on

Labs are open and morale is high, says researcher sequencing viral strains

ViewCovid-19 grounds teaching but research to continue at SA universities

Operations will come under strain as institutions adjust to a new normal

ViewLeading laboratories scale back research to limit Covid-19 spread

NIH will bend rules on grant submissions as academics told to focus on writing proposals

ViewLearned societies restrict activities as a result of Covid-19

Offices close but funding programmes and calls remain open for applications, societies say

ViewSociety and science rocked by Covid-19

Research community joins fight against pandemic as universities close doors amid European lockdown

ViewThe great unknown

In the face of Covid-19, scientists must stand up for uncertainty

ViewOpen science turbocharges coronavirus response

Contrasting Covid-19 with SARS shows how far we’ve come, say Bobby Thompson and Chris Winchester

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 19 March issue of Research Europe

ViewDistance learning

Pandemic pandemonium sees exams cancelled, schools closed and universities in limbo

ViewCalls for National Student Survey to be dropped due to the pandemic

OfS confirms work ongoing for the NSS, but teaching and student unions call for cancellation

ViewUKRI ‘still waiting on funding allocation for next financial year’

‘Surprising’ revelation comes as the funder expects ‘inevitable disruption’ caused from Covid-19

ViewUSS raises alarm as covenants breached in coronavirus sell-off

Tumbling markets push USS to a ‘trigger event’ requiring review of contribution rates

ViewChief scientific adviser joins calls for more testing on Covid-19

Community-based diagnostics crucial to tackling disease, says Patrick Vallance amid global race for better tests

ViewEarma annual conference postponed over Covid-19

Annual meeting of European Association of Research Managers and Administrators pushed back to September

ViewEU assembles Covid-19 science advice group

Commission president claims vaccine could be ready by autumn, contrary to expert opinion

ViewMPs grill Vallance on Covid-19 as paper predicts 250,000 deaths

Chief scientific adviser defends government action so far and calls for heavy investment in science

ViewAustralia bans overseas travel and indoor meetings to curb virus

Universities exempt from restrictions on meetings, but many are asking staff to work from home

ViewNZ announces ‘extraordinary’ package to boost health services

Prime minister describes stimulus package as ‘most significant peacetime economic plan in modern NZ history’

ViewCasuals, youth and women to be hardest hit by ‘virus recession’

Economist criticises government stimulus package and says businesses will be forced to reduce their staff

ViewGovernment funds 20 coronavirus projects

France picks best from group of 33, but vaccines fail to make the cut

ViewBusiness as usual

As the Covid-19 crisis continues, a report emphasises the need for government engagement with universities

ViewOfS: Students must be ‘properly protected’ in online teaching

Regulator urges student protection but relaxes some requirements for universities

ViewCoronavirus threatens ‘vulnerable’ university finances, says MP

Institutions facing up to losing ‘a year’s worth of students’

ViewCommission commits €80m to German Covid-19 vaccine firm

Support comes as G7 commit to working together on research and unveil more funding

ViewCovid-19: Labour scientists ‘will hold government to account’

Promise comes as Royal Society and Wellcome Trust praise tougher new measures to tackle disease