(23 Oct 2025) A concluding report from the Central Steering Committee for the Development of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation has designated four universities for significant investment between now and 2030. The institutions including Vietnam National University Hanoi, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, the University of Da Nang, and Hanoi University of Science…
(29 Sept 2025) Bristol University Press (BUP) today announces the launch of the Global Social Challenges Development Fund, a new initiative designed to democratise access to academic publishing and empower marginalised voices across the globe. The fund will support Global South scholars and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) through equitable publication initiatives, including English-language editing, multilingual publishing,…
(18 Apr 2025) After freezing all grants to Columbia University last week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is now stopping grant and contract payments to Harvard University and four other universities that President Donald Trump’s administration believes have not done enough to combat antisemitism on their campuses. The move will both block new funding and halt payments…
(4 Apr 2025) China is perhaps the world’s new science superpower in terms of gross spending on research and development, a new Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report reveals. Meanwhile, research is under enormous pressure in two other research giants, America and Europe, says Sir Peter Gluckman, president of the International Science…
(14 Feb 2025) Several higher education projects and hundreds of students face uncertainty following the suspension of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding as part of US President Donald Trump’s executive order last month, which put a 90-day freeze on all development aid activities worldwide. USAID-funded higher education projects in South Asia…
(28 Jan 2025) Trump has demanded a freeze on all federal grants and for all agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance.” The memo also calls for each agency to perform a “comprehensive analysis” to ensure its grant and loan programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive…
(7 Dec 2023) Universities are gearing up for next year’s Glocal University 30 project, eyeing multibillion-won government funding. Namseoul University launched a task force on Monday, which will be in charge of mapping out action plans for the project and finding areas where the university can work with local businesses and entities. After…
(25 Jan 2021) Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce the launching of Pivot-RP, which brings together the best of the Ex Libris Pivot® and Research Professional® solutions and unifies their funding databases. The unified funding solution helps institutions connect researchers to funding opportunities, offers insights and shortcuts that assist research organizations in winning a large…
(12 Feb 2021) India’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and involvement in ‘vaccine diplomacy’ around the world has led to a significant boost in health spending and scientific research, announced in this year’s budget in the midst of the pandemic. It also includes first-time funding for a proposed overarching research funding organisation which will change…
(27 Nov 2020) The German government has announced a massive €4 billion (US$4.8 billion) budget to support research projects addressing global warming and sustainability under its FONA strategy over the coming five years. Run by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research or BMBF, the FONA (Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit) strategy for research on sustainability…