Mastodawn

Our govts are keen to reduce #RedTape for business and Investments arguing it to be necessary to grow the economy, yet the very people who provide the seed ideas for such growth and prosperity are plunged into bottomless pits of excrutiating govt processes.

“Discovery grants are a key pillar of Australia’s research ecosystem, allowing scientists to do fundamental “blue-sky” research over a three-year funding period.
The Australian Research Council took nine months to process the 2025 grants. For the 2026 grants, they are now proposing to take up to 16 months.”
REad more:
https://www.smh.com.au/national/complete-joke-efforts-to-reduce-funding-wait-times-ends-with-longer-blowout-20260303-p5o739.html

#Research #ResearchGrants #ARC #AustralianSciences #ResearchFunding

‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout

A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Advocate.com Jan 15

LGBTQ+ Americans are going back in the closet under Donald Trump: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-safety-coming-out-trump

Tatjana Scheffler Dec 18

SNF (Switzerland) restrictions proposed: only 1 concurrent research grant per PI (plus maybe one coop), only 1 proposal per year.

🔥 Hot take (since I'm not at all operating like this currently): I actually think this might be a good idea? It would curb some of the biggest "research mills", where one PI has a huge pyramid scheme underneath them, and might encourage more careful grant proposals, slower science. And might even put more emphasis back into the basic research funding (instead of the grant lotteries)?
(Maybe naive, I know, and I have no idea how this would be implemented)
#academicChatter #researchGrants

https://www.snf.ch/de/7qymWfJMG1z9XR2S/news/einschraenkungen-in-der-projektfoerderung

Einschränkungen in der Projektförderung

Der SNF reagiert auf die gestiegene Nachfrage der Forschenden, um die Evaluationsqualität zu sichern und die Erfolgsquoten zu stabilisieren.

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

grateful wolf Dec 17

suspend disbelief ? #science #ResearchGrants https://theupturnedmicroscope.com/

Typographica Nov 20

If you’re at all interested in type history, the Stephen O. Saxe fellowship at RIT is a great opportunity to dig into one of the deepest troves of specimens and foundry documents. I’d love to see more of his collection surfaced through research. https://www.rit.edu/carycollection/summer-research-fellowships

#TypeDesign #TypeSpecimens #ResearchGrants #ResearchFellowships

Summer Research Fellowships | Cary Graphic Arts Collection | RIT

Matthew B. Plutschack Nov 14

📢PIs in chemistry, process engineering, fluid mechanics & thermodynamics—The @dfg_public & the #NSF support US–German collaborative projects
📅No deadlines
🏷️Have a US/German partner in mind? Tag them!

#ResearchFunding
#CallForProposals
#ResearchGrants

For more information 🔗 https://rxn.mbp-rnc.com/25aea?utm_source=Mastodon&custom_day=Friday

Eric Darnley Small Oct 27

At UCLA, faculty groups are rallying against Trump’s push for a $1.2B settlement, after suing to disclose the proposal seen as targeting diversity and transgender inclusion. The administration’s threat follows accusations from the Justice Department over alleged inaction on antisemitism and civil rights during protests—charges Newsom calls “extortion.” While the dispute has temporarily blocked over $500M in research grants, courts have ordered most funds restored. UCLA warns paying the settlement could devastate the university system; the fight now involves state leaders urging Gov. Newsom to oppose White House demands. Want the full story? https://calmatters.org/newsletter/trump-ucla-settlement-proposal/ #ucla #HigherEd #CivilRights #Trump #ResearchGrants #Universities #Diversity

What’s inside Trump’s $1.2-billion settlement demand letter to UCLA? It’s finally public

Find out what’s inside Trump's settlement demand letter to UCLA, which the public has known about, but now has access to after UC faculty sued.

CalMatters

WYM Mod Sep 30

Trump’s bold move forces Harvard to pay $500M and launch AI trade schools amid federal pressure over protests and campus antisemitism. This deal ends threats to cut $2B in research grants and accreditation but raises debate on federal involvement in university policies. Dive into the complex clash of politics and academia. Full story: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/trump-says-harvard-to-pay-500-million-in-deal-with-administration.html #Trump #Harvard #federalfunding #researchgrants #protests #antisemitism #academicfreedom #AI #tradeeducation

Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration

Harvard President Alan Garber has said that the various federal actions since Trump returned to office could strip the school of nearly $1 billion annually.

CNBC