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The article reports on a proposed OMB rule change that would give political appointees oversight of federal grants, potentially ending US scientific research as we know it by allowing vetoes of grants based on political priorities and banning DEI and gender ideology references.
Insiders report that the NSF is cutting existing research programs to redirect funding toward a new technology initiative.
The U.S. decision to pull ocean sensors is a shock to Canadian researchers as El Niño approaches, potentially disrupting critical climate monitoring.
Google DeepMind, together with Schmidt Sciences, ARIA, the Cooperative AI foundation, and Google.org, has launched a $10 million funding initiative to research the safety of multi-agent AI systems, aiming to prevent risks such as scams, prompt injections, and cyberattacks as AI agents become widespread.
Google DeepMind, together with Schmidt Sciences, the Cooperative AI Foundation, ARIA, and Google.org, announces up to $10M in funding for multi-agent AI safety research to study emergent behaviors and risks of interacting AI agents.
In a thread, @agupta agrees with @JTLonsdale's suggestions on the US biotech crisis and adds that the US should aggressively expand the research university system and 10x NIH and NSF budgets to leverage AI.
The US Office of Management and Budget has proposed new federal grant rules that would make peer review optional, allow cancellation of grants at any time for vaguely defined 'national interest' reasons, and ban grants on certain cultural topics, threatening the US scientific research enterprise.
Funding cuts by the Trump administration have halted CREID research centers from responding to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, hindering diagnostic and surveillance efforts.
MIT President Kornbluth reports a 20% drop in incoming graduate student enrollment and a more than 20% decline in federal research awards, citing funding uncertainty and policy changes affecting international students.
Research laboratories are grappling with rising AI subscription costs and usage limits from providers like OpenAI and GitHub, raising questions about the cost-benefit ratio for scientific research.
Google has launched the REPLIQA initiative, a collaboration between Google Quantum AI and Google.org, to apply quantum science and AI to life sciences. The program includes a $10 million commitment to fund research at five leading academic institutions.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth discusses the critical importance of curiosity-driven basic science and the challenges posed by uncertain funding and endowment taxes in a podcast interview.
OpenAI announced a €500,000 EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant program to fund NGOs and research organizations working on AI safety, literacy, and wellbeing for young people across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Individual grants range from €25k–€100k, supporting practical tools, harm-prevention programs, and independent research on how AI impacts youth development and safety.
OpenAI launches NextGenAI, a consortium of 15 leading research institutions with $50M in funding and tools to advance AI research and education. The initiative aims to accelerate breakthroughs across healthcare, education, and other fields through collaborative partnerships.
OpenAI announces Superalignment Fast Grants to fund research on aligning superintelligent AI systems, addressing the fundamental challenge of how humans can steer and trust AI systems more capable than themselves. The initiative seeks to rally top researchers to tackle this critical technical problem, which OpenAI believes superintelligence could pose within the next decade.