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Commerce Scrubs Ban on Political Interference From Integrity Policy
The Department of Commerce has scrubbed part of its scientific-integrity policy that banned political interference with its agencies’ research and...
Ohio State to Pay $2.1M Over Researchers’ China Ties
Ohio State University will pay the government $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose federally funded researchers’...
The NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading.
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
Agencies Move to Implement OMB’s Proposed Takeover of Grant Making
The Education Department and National Science Foundation have suggested regulations that would adopt core aspects of the White House Office of Management and Budget’s proposal—even though it’s not finalized.
Opinion
The Crisis in College Composition and Communication
The dissolution of the field’s premier organization couldn’t have come at a worse time.
AI Helped Researchers Win NIH Grants. Will Science Suffer?
A new analysis of thousands of NSF and NIH grant applications—including some confidential rejected submissions—illuminates new patterns in generative AI’s relationship with federally funded research.
Northwestern’s African Studies Program Loses Research Status but Will Continue
Beginning in September, Northwestern University’s 78-year-old Program of African Studies will no longer be considered a research center, a university...
NIH Proposes Removing Peer Review Scores From Grant Applications
The National Institutes of Health has proposed changing how it evaluates grant applications in a way that would make the...