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This paper presents a framework for funder name disambiguation in scientific publications using multi-functional embedding models trained with multi-task learning, achieving over 0.90 accuracy and outperforming general-purpose LLMs like GPT-5.2.
The NIH will use part of its budget to fund Department of Defense biodefense research, sparking controversy over political maneuvering and misalignment with NIH leadership's priorities.
Anthropic is providing free or subsidized access to its Claude AI model for 10,000 scientists, with the author praising the move while raising concerns about long-term access stability.
The Trump administration is halting federal research on the Cyclospora parasite amidst a record-breaking outbreak, resulting in a potential knowledge gap as scientists are not relocating.
Federal agencies used keyword searches to terminate research grants related to DEI and climate change under the Trump administration, affecting billions in funding. University of California researchers are suing, alleging the actions violate First Amendment rights.
The White House's 'Science: A New Golden Age' report proposes shifting billions in research funding from universities to tech and AI companies, sparking mixed reactions from scientists.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report advocating for a 'new golden age' of science under the Trump administration, but it mixes legitimate concerns with political grievances and ignores the administration's own funding cuts.
Google commits $40 million in AI tokens and cloud credits to support the US Department of Energy's Genesis Mission, providing frontier AI tools like AlphaEvolve and AlphaFold 3 to accelerate scientific discovery across national laboratories.
A Chinese researcher reveals that the trick to getting big research funding in China is to claim the US is ahead, while the US trick is to claim China is ahead. This anecdote highlights the mutual reinforcement of funding narratives.
The Dutch Tulp Fonds, launched by OCW and NWO, has awarded 34 top researchers from outside the EU (29 from the US) to continue their work in the Netherlands, boosting the country's innovation in fields like AI, quantum, and vaccines.
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.