While the future of UK science is still uncertain post-Brexit, British scientists have been assured that their EU research projects will still receive funding from the British government, as long as the projects were bid for before the UK officially exits the EU (the date of which has not been set). The UK receives billions […]

In The Guardian’s post-Brexit confidential survey of the elite Russell Group of 24 universities in England (though not all participated), many cases were found in which UK academic leaders were being asked to leave their positions in EU-funded research projects, as they are seen as a financial liability. In the UK, researchers receive £1 billion […]

In an unprecedented effort for a research funding agency, the European Research Council (ERC), is using part of its €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) annual budget to evaluate its impact of the projects that it funds. In a pilot analysis of 199 completed projects, the Council evaluated the impact of science in four major categories: Scientific […]

The 2016 European Innovation Scoreboard was released last week by the European Commission. The survey ranks countries and regions based on 25 innovation indicators, with countries falling into four categories of performance (Innovation Leaders, Strong Innovators, Moderate Innovators and Modest Innovators): countries that rank over 20% above the EU average are Innovation Leaders, which consist […]

The Turkish government has allocated TRY 7.461 million ($2.566 million) for R&D in 2016, a 20.9% increase. This budget pertains to government-funded R&D in the federal, business, private and higher education sectors, as well as to organizations established abroad. In 2015, R&D funding accounted for 0.32% of GDP and 1.08% of the government’s annual budget […]