Lessons for the STEM fields
Lessons for the STEM fields
Improving U.S. education in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — has become a popular cause.
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Science funding and the value of science investigation and education
"We must put a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth before the end of the decade." These were the words spoken in 1961 to Congress by the late President John F.Kennedy, who fifty years ago this month was struck down by an assassin's bullet in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
The missing piece to changing the university culture
A new type of initiative is empowering graduate students and postdocs to reshape their academic training, providing another avenue to express their passion for research.
Implausible results in human nutrition research
Definitive solutions won’t come from another million observational papers or small randomized trials by John P A Ioannidis
A semi-automated peer-review system
Abstract: A semi-supervised model of peer review is introduced that is intended to overcome the bias and incompleteness of traditional peer review. Traditional approaches are reliant on human biases, while consensus decision-making is constrained by sparse information. Here, the architecture for one potential improvement (a semi-supervised, human-assisted classifier) to the traditional approach will be introduced and evaluated.
Success rates for EPSRC Fellowships
Success rates for EPSRC Fellowships
EPSRC Engineering fellowships were under-subscribed and so we should all be preparing our applications. But just because a theme is under-subcribed doesn't mean that you've got a better chance of getting funded.
Profs mit Migrationshintergrund: wir sind "Deutsche plus"
Sie bringen internationale Kontakte mit, sprechen mehrere Sprachen und denken global: Doch die Unis nutzen zu selten das Potential von Professoren mit Migrationshintergrund, wie das Hochschulmagazin "duz" analysiert. Erstmals zeigt eine Studie jetzt, wie ihre Karrieren verlaufen.
Übergang ins postakademische Leben
Ich bin ein Wissenschaftler, holt mich hier raus: Die Website howtoleaveacademia.com hilft beim Ausstieg.
Preprints come to life
What are biologists so afraid of? Physicists, mathematicians and social scientists routinely post their research to preprint servers such as arXiv.org before publication, yet few life scientists follow suit. A website that goes live this week is hoping to change that.
US international student intake reaches record high
The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report.
Global innovation initiative launched
US and UK governments have launched the Global Innovation Initiative, a grant competition created to strengthen higher education research partnerships between the U.S., the UK and selected countries (Brazil, China, India and Indonesia).
Large NIH projects cut
Big science is under big pressure at the NIH. Gone are the glory days of the early 2000s, when a doubling of the agency's budget over five years allowed it to establish dozens of programmes with their own large, dedicated budgets.
White House unveils big data projects, round two
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Networking and Information Technology R&D program (NITRD) on Tuesday introduced a slew of new big-data collaboration projects aimed at stimulating private-sector interest in federal data.
Le MIT recherche des jeunes Français à haut potentiel
Lancée par le Massachussets Institute of Technology , la deuxième édition du MIT 35 débute ce mardi.
Could it work?
Crowdfunding has energised public and private sectors, says Didier Schmitt – could it reconnect science and society too?
Making research more visible
A post highlighting some policy goals and showing how the incentive system for publishing could easily be made into an important tool for achieving them.
Two dirty secrets about science funding
There's a little-known dirty secret in science funding; prior to World War II and the Manhattan Project, the overwhelming majority of basic research was done by corporations. Thus, the tanks, planes, materials advancements and everything else were created by the private sector.
The end of written grant applications: Let's use a formula
Hours spent writing grant applications could be spent actually doing research with a grant-determining formula.
SpotOn Conference London 2013
SpotOn Conference London 2013
A collection of talks given last week at the London SpotOn conference 2013 on science communication and peer review.
Personal Genome Project
Personal Genome Project
Sharing data is critical to scientific progress, but has been hampered by traditional research practices-our approach is to invite willing participants to publicly share their personal data for the greater good.
Directory of Professors of the Swiss Universities
By the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS), in cooperation with the Switzerland’s higher education institutions.
Openness on animal research
Ca. 50 organisations involved with life science in the UK agreed to develop a Concordat that sets out how they will be more open about the ways in which they use animals in scientific, medical or veterinary research in the UK.
How an average scientist makes himself visible
How an average scientist makes himself visible
A presentation given at North Carolina State University regarding how scientists, early in their careers, can take advantage of the online tools available today.
Senator Warren Says Fighting for Science Is a Top Priority
The only U.S. senator to receive a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) says one of her top priorities in her first term is to increase federal support for academic research and eliminate restrictions on NSF funding for political science research.
SpotOn London 2013
Join us at this year's SpotOn London conference on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November. Now celebrating its sixth year, SpotOn London is an annual two-day conference hosted by Nature Publishing Group for anyone interested in how science is communicated and carried out online.
David Nutt wins the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science
Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest.
Critics urge caution as UK genome project hunts for volunteers
Personal Genome Project UK will make participants' medical information available for anyone to see online
Why research assessment is out of control
Universities and academics cannot live without the Research Excellence Framework, but we need to go back to a simpler form of measurement, argues Peter Scott
Ought to Worry Business
Ought to Worry Business
Business leaders have many reasons to complain about the budget high jinks consuming Washington, but here's one that gets too little attention: the damage automatic budget cuts are doing to basic research in America.
What is the scientist's role in society and how do we teach it?
What is the scientist's role in society and how do we teach it?
Early career researchers need to learn how policy is made and assessed to encourage more joined-up thinking in science.
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