#researchgrants — Public Fediverse posts

"The US National Science Foundation (NSF) will award about 30% fewer new research grants this fiscal year than in the last one, Nature has learnt. The steep drop continues a pattern that began last year, after US President Donald Trump took office, leaving the NSF with the lowest number of new grants awarded in more than four decades.

A major funder of basic science, the NSF struggled to make awards this year with a workforce that has been cut by the Trump administration and uncertainty around the funds available for spending. But the decline in new grants in 2026 can now be attributed mainly to US$1 billion of the agency’s $8.8-billion budget being held in a central account, inaccessible to core grant-issuing programmes. Staff members, who spoke to Nature on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal, say that much of that money is being allotted to a White House project called the Grand Research Challenges, which is aimed at scientific fields such as advanced materials and artificial intelligence.

The agency had issued 5,684 new grants as of 19 August, according to Grant Witness, a non-profit effort to track changes in US research funding. And internal NSF data show that there are around 400 grants waiting at its Office of Award Management (OAM) for processing. Staff members were required to submit all new proposals to the OAM by 3 August, so the final number of new grants issued for this fiscal year, which ends on 30 September, will almost certainly be about 6,100 (see ‘Grants throttled’). That’s 46% fewer than the average for 2021–24, before Trump took office. The last time this number was so low was in the early 1980s."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02574-6

#USA #Trump #MAGA #NSF #Science #ResearchGrants

🚨 Breaking News: Linguists at #Yale accidentally stumble upon the mythical "golden age" of languages, proving once and for all that everything was better in the past except, of course, their research grants. 🎻 Now, if only they could dig up a golden age of useful studies. 🏆
https://news.yale.edu/2026/07/23/study-uncovers-lost-golden-age-languages #BreakingNews #Linguistics #GoldenAge #ResearchGrants #LanguageStudies #HackerNews #ngated

WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/

#HackerNews #WHrules #politicalappointees #researchgrants #policychange #sciencefunding

SNF (Switzerland) restrictions proposed: only 1 concurrent research grant per PI (plus maybe one coop), only 1 proposal per year.

🔥 Hot take (since I'm not at all operating like this currently): I actually think this might be a good idea? It would curb some of the biggest "research mills", where one PI has a huge pyramid scheme underneath them, and might encourage more careful grant proposals, slower science. And might even put more emphasis back into the basic research funding (instead of the grant lotteries)?
(Maybe naive, I know, and I have no idea how this would be implemented)
#academicChatter #researchGrants

https://www.snf.ch/de/7qymWfJMG1z9XR2S/news/einschraenkungen-in-der-projektfoerderung

suspend disbelief ? #science #ResearchGrants https://theupturnedmicroscope.com/

If you’re at all interested in type history, the Stephen O. Saxe fellowship at RIT is a great opportunity to dig into one of the deepest troves of specimens and foundry documents. I’d love to see more of his collection surfaced through research. https://www.rit.edu/carycollection/summer-research-fellowships

#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #ResearchGrants #ResearchFellowships

📢PIs in chemistry, process engineering, fluid mechanics & thermodynamics—The @dfg_public & the #NSF support US–German collaborative projects
📅No deadlines
🏷️Have a US/German partner in mind? Tag them!

#ResearchFunding
#CallForProposals
#ResearchGrants

For more information 🔗 https://rxn.mbp-rnc.com/25aea?utm_source=Mastodon&custom_day=Friday

At UCLA, faculty groups are rallying against Trump’s push for a $1.2B settlement, after suing to disclose the proposal seen as targeting diversity and transgender inclusion. The administration’s threat follows accusations from the Justice Department over alleged inaction on antisemitism and civil rights during protests—charges Newsom calls “extortion.” While the dispute has temporarily blocked over $500M in research grants, courts have ordered most funds restored. UCLA warns paying the settlement could devastate the university system; the fight now involves state leaders urging Gov. Newsom to oppose White House demands. Want the full story? https://calmatters.org/newsletter/trump-ucla-settlement-proposal/ #ucla #HigherEd #CivilRights #Trump #ResearchGrants #Universities #Diversity

ChatGPT 5 wrote me a grant proposal for my philosophy paper. I didn't ask for it.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/27/thats-never-happened-before/

#philosophy #research #gofundme #GenerativeAI #ChatGPT #Shocking #whathappend #surprised #researchgrants #grants #grantwriting #GenAi

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2B in research grants

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02721-5

#HackerNews #USSupremeCourt #NIH #ResearchGrants #FundingCuts #ScienceNews #ResearchFunding

7.8: Why Do These Cancelled Science Grants Matter?

In this episode, Christina talks to Dr Gabriel Filippelli - one of the first scientists to have a running project canceled by the Trump administration. This fascinating interview reveals just how important internationally these American grants can be, and Dr Filippelli passionately describes this unprecedented attack on science and education and what we all lose when the work that scientists do grinds to a halt or is extremely politically curtailed. It's important, he tells us, to support the institutions that you care about and are vital to the continued knowledge of how to survive our climate-changed future.

Dr Filippelli is the Chancellor’s Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University Indianapolis and the Executive Director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute. He works at the junction between biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and human health.

Dr Filippelli has also written the book Climate Change and Life: The Complex Co-evolution of Climate and Life on Earth, and Beyond, which explores Earth's ecological resilience to the great changes in climate that have occurred over the history of the Earth. He was also part of the driving force behind Climate Change and Resilience in Indiana and Beyond, which details local efforts to reduce the risks and lessen the harmful impacts of climate change, as well as prepare for the unavoidable consequences of climate change.

https://youtu.be/8ub129iucIg

#solarpunk #podcast #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #science #ResearchGrants #AmericanPolitics #USPolitics #DOGE #BioGeoChemistry #USAID #Academia #AcademicResearch #AcademicFunding @academicchatter #Resilience #ClimateChange #AirQuality

Hot off the press - our report on gender disparities in grant seeking at the University of Cambridge (who applies for and who gets research grant funding).

https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/publications/improving-inclusivity-in-grant-funding-initial-gender-analysis/

The story:
1) The structural disparities are big (not so surprising)
2) The patterns of disparity at particular grades in particular disciplines go both ways (more surprising)

#ResearchPolicy
#ResearchGrants
#GenderDifferences
#Bayesian

If you like graphs, you'll probably like it!

#RandomCambridgeWindowPicture

Ah, the riveting world of "circuit tracing" in language models 🤖🔍, because what we really needed was another way to complicate things we barely understand. A "replacement model" that makes things "interpretable"? 😂 More like a desperate attempt to justify endless AI research grants.
https://transformer-circuits.pub/2025/attribution-graphs/methods.html #circuittracing #AIinterpretability #researchgrants #language_models #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #NIH #ResearchGrants

From CNN.com: Judge halts Trump administration cuts to public health research in some states

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/10/health/public-health-research-order?cid=ios_app

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #ResearchGrants

Maryland AG calls Trump administration’s defunding of research grants ‘draconian’

https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/02/maryland-joins-21-other-states-suing-trump-administration-over-defunding-of-research-grants/

Do I know anyone who has recently (past few years) secured a New Investigator #BBSRC Research grant? We are writing one and could really do with an example of what works..
If you do and would be willing to share all or part of the application material the #NeuroESC lab would be eternally grateful 🙏

Edit: this is what we're applying to: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-new-investigator-award-2025-round-one-responsive-mode/

Edit 2: Thanks to you all we've already got 3 example applications! You are all awesome 🤗 This will already help a lot, the last thing we would need is one from the most recent call (Jan 2024?) and as a "New Investigator", especially if you are also willing to share the reviewers' comments which are really useful to see what people look for in these applications - DM me if so 🙏
(It's our first one... lots to learn but not so many opportunities for learning!)
#Research #ResearchFunding #ResearchGrants

Getty #Library #ResearchGrants
Short-term grants offering support for researchers to use the Getty Library’s collections
https://www.getty.edu/projects/library-research-grants/
#AfricanAmericanArt
#CulinaryHistory
#Preservation #Conservation #MaterialCulture #CulturalHeritage

📣 Attention researchers and scientists! OPCW is seeking proposals on how AI can be used to help strengthen OPCW's approach to verification, develop advanced tools for OPCW missions, and fill critical knowledge gaps.

💰 4 grants available up to €65K each
📆 Submission deadline: 9 August 2024
➡️ More information: opcw.org/aichallenge

Thanks to funding support from the EU 🇪🇺 and the UK 🇬🇧

#ResearchGrant #ResearchGrants #OPCWscitech #ChemicalWeapons

📣 OPCW launches €260,000 Artificial Intelligence Research Challenge. Researchers and scientists are encouraged to propose AI solutions to enhance the OPCW's effectiveness, efficiency, and preparedness.

🔗 Read more: https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2024/07/opcw-launches-eu260000-artificial-intelligence-research-challenge

#ResearchGrant #ResearchGrants #OPCWscitech #ChemicalWeapons

For anyone following along @sfmatheson found the paper. It was in Science in 2016
(something I thought was longer ago, turns out to be more recent, which is unusual).

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaf5239

Thanks to those who boosted:
@natematias
@aidybarnett
@academia

Now to have another go at understanding the maths…

#SciencePolicy #Research #ResearchGrants #SciencePolicy #FundingPolicy #Bibliometrics

Hey Mastodon #SciencePolicy folks - I remember a paper that tried to estimate 'intrinsic scientific talent' (Q-factor?) looking over researchers’ careers, from at least 10 years ago. I think it looked at when in a researchers career they tended to do their most cited work. I remember the maths being beyond me. My search engine skills are failing me - can anyone remember the paper?
#Research
#ResearchGrants
#SciencePolicy
#FundingPolicy
#Bibliometrics

I really liked the advices that some researchers give in this article.

For those of us who want to apply to some grants, it is worthwile to read this tipes.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/how-win-research-grant

#ResearchGrants @academicchatter

People who write #ResearchGrants: do you write about
1) projects that you’ve already almost completed (hiding the fact that they’re almost completed, so that you can use the funding for completely new projects), or
2) new projects that you haven’t really started yet (for which you might just have some preliminary data)?

Do you think 1) is unethical? Do you think 1) is necessary? Do you think 1) has the highest chances of funding? Please comment :)

#Academia #GrantWriting #Research

🔮 The MAGIC #Monero Fund, of which I am currently a committee member, invites research and development proposals for improving the Monero protocol and empowering the ecosystem. Apply now or learn more and support the cause at https://MoneroFund.org/ #Crypto #AcademicGrants #ResearchGrants

I am happy to share that after more than a year of strenuous efforts, my two papers have been published one after another: (1) Evaluating grant proposals: lessons from using metrics as screening device."Journal of Data and Information Science (coauthors: Katerina Guba, Elena Chechik) http://manu47.magtech.com.cn/Jwk3_jdis/EN/10.2478/jdis-2023-0010 (2) The Impact of the Russian Academic Excellence Initiative on University Access to Research Funding” - Universe of Russia, (Mir Rossii, in Russian) https://doi.org/10.17323/1811-038X-2023-32-2-52-73 #researchgrants