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Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the research funding desk.
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Google says it will invest more than $6 million in research and capacity-building partnerships in Singapore, with funding for NUS, NTU and INSEAD. The work spans AI-assisted Alzheimer’s research, computing efficiency, AI safety and research into how people adapt to technological change.
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The UK Metascience Unit has tested ways to change research-grant review, including applicant-led peer review. Its co-head says that approach can speed assessment, while email appeals to reviewers’ social obligation did not increase acceptance.
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An analysis found that 440 journals that once published without charging authors or readers switched to other publishing models between 2009 and 2026. Most began charging authors article-processing fees, while others introduced subscriptions or paywalls.
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A preprint study of nearly 900 early-career scientists found that researchers commonly rely on several mentors, with different roles associated with research, job and personal outcomes. The survey analysed US National Institutes of Health K-award applicants, most of whom were award recipients.
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Anna Sandak describes how two major European grants shifted her work from laboratory experiments to leading a 16-scientist research group and a cross-border consortium developing fungal-biofilm-based building materials.
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The US National Science Foundation plans to combine investigator-led research with agency-directed opportunities focused on four cross-disciplinary priorities. The agency has not yet specified the funding or allocation plan, raising concerns among staff about pressure on core discovery research.