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Chemistry World June 27, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
UK's chem-bio interface gets mixed report United Kingdom scientists working at the interface between chemistry and biology think their research councils don't adequately support interdisciplinary research, a survey suggests. |
Chemistry World January 29, 2013 Laura Howes |
Five green chemical feedstock projects launched The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced 10.7 million pounds, in combination with 1.1 million pounds from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to fund five projects to develop new bio-based feedstocks for the chemical industry. |
Chemistry World April 1, 2014 Emma Stoye |
New Centers for Doctoral Training announced Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced the UK will fund another 22 Centers for Doctoral Training, taking the total government investment in CDTs over 500 million pounds. |
Chemistry World May 1, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Synthetic biology vision for Europe unveiled A new 'strategic vision' for synthetic biology has laid out the steps Europe needs to take in the next five to 10 year to nurture the field, with chemistry a key part of its strategy. |
Chemistry World October 2011 David Delpy |
EPSRC Funding The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is having to make some tough funding decisions. |
Chemistry World January 25, 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
EPSRC Forced to Cut Science The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to cut the volume of science it funds over the next three years. |
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Emma Stoye |
EPSRC announces 83.5m boost for PhD training The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will invest an additional 83.5 million pounds this year in doctoral training partnerships in the UK, universities and science minister David Willetts has announced. |
Chemistry World January 2012 |
Cultivating collaboration A new network aims to bring the power of interdisciplinary innovation to bear on global food issues. |
Chemistry World October 23, 2012 Leila Sattary |
EPSRC grant success rates rise The UK's largest physical sciences funding agency has experienced a significant decrease in the number of applications submitted in 2011 -- 12, which has led to the highest grant success rates in the last decade. |
Chemistry World Richard Van Noorden |
Interview: Douglas Kell As former director of the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Douglas Kell is used to finding connections between huge reams of complex data by collaborating with scientists from chemistry through to computing. |
Chemistry World November 25, 2013 Patrick Walter |
New doctoral training centers get go ahead UK science minister David Willetts has announced 72 new centers to train more than 3500 PhD students over the next four years. |
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Andy Merritt |
Chemical biology comes of age Historically strongest in the US, chemical biology has become increasingly important worldwide, but for many years researchers at the chemistry -- biology interface have struggled to establish their discipline |
Chemistry World July 27, 2011 Leila Sattary |
Research council to pick favorites to receive UK chemistry funding The UK's largest physical sciences funding agency has announced a big policy shakeup which will concentrate research money in areas of 'national importance'. |
Chemistry World March 15, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Budget Cuts for UK Science Scientists and research managers in the UK have reacted with dismay to a 68 million-pound raid on the budget of the research councils - the state agencies that fund the bulk of civil science research in the country. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2012 Leila Sattary |
Chancellor singles out science to drive economic growth The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has outlined eight technology areas in which he wants the UK to lead the world. |
Chemistry World January 8, 2015 Patrick Walter |
EPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers The new head of the UK's physical sciences research council plans to make engagement his watchword. |
Chemistry World November 8, 2011 Walter & Howes |
EPSRC sticks to its funding strategy guns The UK's principal chemistry funding body is pressing ahead with its controversial 'shaping capability' strategy. This is despite anger over the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has said it will decide which areas to prioritise in the physical sciences. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
New Research Centres for UK Chemistry Two research centres hoping to add new dimensions to UK chemistry were officially launched last week. |
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Exclusive Interview: EPSRC's New Chief Executive, David Delpy UK chemists have been too content to 'fill the gaps' instead of tackling big, exciting problems. That's the view of medical physicist David Delpy, who recently started work as the chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. |
Information Today July 10, 2006 Robin Peek |
RCUK Releases Long-Awaited OA Policy The RCUK released its updated position paper, which now only strongly encourages that a substantial portion of its funded research must be OA. |
Chemistry World January 31, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
Funding council backs doctoral training centers with 350m pounds. The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced that it will invest 350 million pounds in a second generation of Centers for Doctoral Training aligned towards priority areas of research. |
Chemistry World July 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Sparks of creation Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. |
Chemistry World January 15, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Funding confirmed for another 19 doctoral centers David Willetts, the UK's science minister, has announced an additional 40 million pounds for doctoral training in the UK. The extra money came from further industry support and academia, as well as 'renegotiating' some university contracts. |
Chemistry World January 7, 2009 James Mitchell Crow |
UK chemists force funding compromise More young chemists in the UK look set to receive government grants after the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) bowed to pressure from the chemistry community to spread its early career funding more widely. |
Chemistry World December 10, 2014 |
Big pharma opens up abandoned drugs Sixty eight stalled pharmaceutical compounds are being made available for academic research through the UK Medical Research Council. |
Chemistry World April 2, 2013 Laura Howes |
Funding boost for PhDs UK research funder, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, has announced 84.2 million for doctoral training grants, stipends awarded to institutions to fund PhD students. |
Chemistry World December 5, 2008 Matt Wilkinson |
250m to train new breed of UK scientists The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has selected 44 new centers to share a 250 million injection into postgraduate science education. |
Chemistry World August 16, 2011 Patrick Walter |
Chemists Vent Anger at Funding Body in Letters to UK Government UK chemists are in open revolt over administrative interference in their field by the main grant funder. |
Chemistry World January 31, 2014 Patrick Walter |
EPSRC names new chief executive The next chief executive of the UK's main chemistry funding body will be Philip Nelson, currently pro-vice chancellor of the University of Southampton. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2014 Philip Ball |
Synthetic aesthetics Artists, designers, scientists and sociologists got together in 2009 for an intensive workshop that debated what synthetic biology might and might not mean. |
Chemistry World March 30, 2012 Patrick Walter |
Controversial physical sciences shaping strategy comes to a close For better or worse, the main UK physical sciences funding body has finished deciding which areas of science will see their funding grow and which will shrink. |
Chemistry World September 4, 2013 Mark Peplow |
Synthetic biology is bursting with life The field encompasses a vast array of research themes, from creating artificial life to engineering microbes to produce medicines or fuels. Through it all, though, runs a rich seam of chemistry. |
Chemistry World September 2011 |
Future funding concern The announcement by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council about future research funding has caused concern in the chemistry community. |
Chemistry World August 2007 Richard Jones |
Comment: Grand Challenges for Small Science The UK needs to develop a convincing strategy for nanotechnology research. |
Chemistry World January 12, 2011 Andy Extance |
EPSRC plans represent 'huge change' Academics are concerned that research grant cuts through to 2015 at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, changes in how students are funded, and more centralized control will threaten science careers. |
Bio-IT World August 15, 2005 Kevin Davies |
Pimp My Genome As costs plummet, the ability to rapidly synthesize and customize longer, more intricate fragments of genomic DNA opens up a plethora of applications in basic and applied biology. A commercial synthetic biology industry is beginning to take shape. |
Chemistry World September 8, 2010 Andrew Turley |
Vince Cable: science cuts are coming Taxpayers should only back research that makes money or is academically exceptional, UK business secretary Vince Cable said today in his first speech on science. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2014 Maria Burke |
Spending on UK science and engineering continues to fall The latest figures on UK spending on science, engineering and technology make gloomy reading for the new science minister Greg Clark. |
Chemistry World June 12, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
UK chemists must take control The Engineering and physical sciences research council second international review of UK chemistry has warned that too little is being done to support early-career researchers and encourage high-risk research. |
Chemistry World November 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Editorial: Competing priorities The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has been restructuring the way it funds chemistry. It is focusing on funding multi-disciplinary teams in large research programs for longer times. |
Chemistry World September 2009 |
Education and wealth It seems that the UK government is interested in answering the question: what return does the UK get for the money it puts into academic research in chemistry? |
Information Today January 22, 2007 |
UK PubMed Central Launched Based on a model currently used by the U.S., UK PubMed Central has launched to provide free access to a permanent online archive of peer-reviewed research papers in the medical and life sciences. |
Chemistry World July 18, 2011 Patrick Walter |
UK chemistry threatened by funding squeeze Chemistry in the UK is in danger of falling behind its international competitors as a result of a squeeze on funding for vital lab equipment, according to chemistry department heads. |
Chemistry World September 7, 2012 Laura Howes |
10 million open access boost UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has today announced an additional investment of 10 million to help universities take up open access options. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Nurse review backs shake-up at research councils Royal Society president Paul Nurse has released his long awaited review of the UK research councils that are responsible for allocating around 3 billion pounds of arts and science funding every year. |
Chemistry World May 2009 |
Funding fall-outs The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council recently announced plans to ban persistently unsuccessful grant applicants for one year. Why did it do this and why are some UK chemists unhappy about it? |
Scientific American June 2006 |
How to Kill Synthetic Biology Assembling a complete genetic circuit promises to advance biotechnology in much the same way that the invention of integrated circuits transfigured electronics. |
Chemistry World January 28, 2013 Maria Burke |
Plan for UK's 'eight great technologies' outlined Advanced materials and energy are two of the 'eight great technologies' that the UK government wants to use to propel the country to future growth. |
Chemistry World March 2009 |
Column: Undercover academic With new restrictions on Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) first grant schemes, funding may become even more elusive |
Chemistry World February 3, 2012 Patrick Walter |
NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants The UK Natural Environment Research Council is planning to ask institutes to winnow out 'uncompetitive' proposals in an effort to drive up its grant application success rates. |