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4 days ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
EU’s next R&I programme must remain an independent entity, budget consultation inputs insistA university group has called on the European Commission to listen to the “negative reactions” from the research and innovation sector to the EU institution’s apparent plans for the bloc’s 2028 R&I programme, Framework Programme 10.
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4 days ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
High talent routes to expand but skilled worker salary threshold to rise, white paper saysThe UK is aiming to ease the visa path for top global scientists, according to the government’s immigration white paper. In a white paper published today, the UK government has set out plans to “go further” in ensuring that the highly skilled can access its targeted routes for the “brightest and best” global talent.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Image: Frances Jones for Research Professional NewsInorms 2025: Crackdown on ties to perceived enemies is impacting collaboration more broadly, speaker saysThe US government is going to “extremes” in its efforts to manage foreign involvement in federally funded research, a legal expert based in the United States has said.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Image: Frances Jones for Research Professional NewsInorms 2025: Research manager makes case for systematically assessing social, environmental and economic sustainabilityA framework to assess the sustainability of research and innovation projects has been put forward at the 2025 congress of the International Network of Research Management Societies, with the claim that it would represent a “paradigm shift”.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Image: NIHInorms 2025: National Institutes of Health changes are delaying grant awards, speaker saysA policy change at the US National Institutes of Health, involving the termination of grant applications and reviews for project proposals that include foreign researchers, will cause “a lot of chaos”, a US-based research manager has warned.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Robust governance structures are needed to safeguard use of artificial intelligence in research, say academicsThe unchecked use of artificial intelligence by researchers, incentivised by current career reward systems, risks undermining the scientific endeavour, a leader in the field has warned. The European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology hosted a debate on the use of AI in science on 29 April, with contributions from leading academics across various disciplines.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Image: Frances Jones for Research Professional NewsInorms 2025: Research security adviser tells conference that global threats “are real”A balance must be found between open research and protecting research from nefarious actors, a US-based expert on the topic has cautioned. Amanda Ferguson, a senior director at Huron Consulting who helps universities with research security, issued the warning at the International Network of Research Management Societies congress in Madrid on 7 May.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Image: Grace Gay for Research Professional NewsInorms 2025: research management and administration leaders share career advice and goalsThere is no single, “correct” way to be a research manager, according to the chair of the UK’s Association of Research Managers and Administrators.
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1 week ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
Former Nesta head doubts UK science has institutions fit for era of intense geopolitical conflictThe former chief executive of innovation agency Nesta has warned that a “dramatic decline” of trust in science in the US, which he described as a factor in Donald Trump’s defunding of research, could hit the UK.
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2 weeks ago | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Frances Jones
EU’s R&I programme should aid society, alliance says, including through collaborative and multidisciplinary fundingThe European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities has sounded the alarm over the EU’s emphasis on competitiveness in planning its next multi-year budget, arguing that a more rounded approach is needed.
