A call to action on fair research funding

Funders must be sensitive to local needs and priorities, global meeting hears

Research funders and institutions must create an enabling environment for equitable research partnerships, a United Kingdom official said this week.

Julia Kemp, deputy director of research and evidence at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, spoke at a virtual session at a science ‘summit’ organised on the sidelines of the United Nations 77th General Assembly in New York.