Science & Research Policy

Two new models are geared toward creating a more transparent and accountable system to track costs indirectly related to research.

Kimberly Terrell, director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, alleges that university officials told her not to publicly discuss her research after someone at the state capitol cited it as evidence that Tulane is “anti–chemical industry.”

For months, the research community has been racing to download and store thousands of demographic data sets the government wants to delete because they don’t align with the Trump administration’s ideological views.

Hundreds of staff at the National Institutes of Health are publicly condemning the agency’s actions in recent months, including firing...

Officials say the policy, which would make it easier to fire thousands of government employees, is designed to increase accountability. But experts say it would increase corruption and threaten the nation’s health and economy.