Science at a corner
- By: tabukov@subio
- Date: 2010-06-11 07:12:14
New UK Budget Could Affect Genomics Plans
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The UK's budget deficit and efforts to rein it in could begin affecting the advance of genomic medicine and plans for future genomics research, according to participants in a discussion in the House of Lords yesterday.
http://www.genomeweb.com//node/942788?hq_e=el&hq_m=740795&hq_l=1&hq_v=98ac932396
Science economics: What science is really worth
Spending on science is one of the best ways to generate jobs and economic growth, say research advocates. But as Colin Macilwain reports, the evidence behind such claims is patchy.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/465682a.html
Italy Research Institutes Saved by Presidential Pardon
Some of Italy's most historic and prominent research institutions were thrown into chaos last week as proposed budget measures designed to urgently address the nation's financial stability contained a decree labeling them as "useless." That designation would have targeted them for closure or takeover by the Italian National Research Council or other ministries. After protests by scientists and the intervention of Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, however, none appeared on a "black list" posted today on the government's Web site. Italian scientists, however, remain concerned that the government will instead gradually cut the national money allocated to the independent research centers. "We still are in danger and will know in the next months what will be our destiny," says one.
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/06/italy-research-institutes-saved-.html
Research Budgets Face Austerity in 2012
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Institutes of Health and other life sciences and biomedical research funding agencies will need to trim their budgets for 2012, which are to be planned over the summer, to satisfy a White House that is now stressing deficit reduction and belt-tightening after two years of stimulus funding-boosted research budgets.
http://www.genomeweb.com//node/943714?hq_e=el&hq_m=751274&hq_l=1&hq_v=98ac932396
The Thrifty Lab
As worries mount about what comes after the US stimulus funds run out, researchers may need to take a look around the lab to come up with ways to save a few dollars.
http://www.genomeweb.com//node/944316?hq_e=el&hq_m=763234&hq_l=2&hq_v=98ac932396