Research Funding

2019

• The True Costs of Research and Publishing (THE 8/29/19)
• Alaska's Governor is Sabotaging a Crucial Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change (Newsweek 8/15/19)
• Report Attacks Koch-funded Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University as a Pro-fossil-fuel-industry Idea Launderer (IHE 6/3/19)
• Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science (NYT 5/27/19)
• LSU Ends Elsevier Bundled Journal Subscription (IHE 5/24/19)
• The Government Shutdown Is Reaching Historic Territory. Here’s What That Means for Higher Ed. (CHE 1/11/19)

2018

• Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil (NYT 12/31/18)
• University of California Leads Fight Over Access to Research (Mercury News 12/25/18)
• The Assault on Science Intensifies (Academe Blog 12/10/18)
• What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry (NYT 12/8/18)
• In UC's Battle With the World's Largest Scientific Publisher, the Future of Information Is at Stake (LAT 12/7/18)
• The NFL is the Fox in the Henhouse of Football-Injury Research (LAT 12/3/18)
• UCLA's Patent War in India Prevents Access to Prostate Cancer Treatment Worldwide (Truthout 9/5/18)
• Why a Federal Rule Change Has Some Scholars Worried They’ll Be Priced Out of Their Own Research (CHE 8/23/18)
• Sidelining Science Under Trump (Academe Blog 8/14/18)
• Concerns Over UC Science Research Funding (UCLAFA 6/1/18)
• In UK Universities There is a Daily Erosion of Integrity (The Guardian 4/24/18)
• The War on Science Is Over. The Republicans Won. (New Republic 4/5/18)
• The Tuition Limit and the Coming Crisis of Higher Education (The New Inquiry 3/26/18)

2017

• National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom (AAUP 12/7/17)
• The House Just Voted to Bankrupt Graduate Students (NYT 11/16/17)
• How the GOP Tax Plan Could Hurt Graduate Students — and American Research (CHE 11/7/17)
• Pruitt Names More Industry Insiders To EPA Science Boards (TMP 11/4/17)
• Science Organizations Troubled by Rand Paul Bill Targeting Peer Review (IHE 11/2/17)
• Trumpís Gang of Climate Deniers Has Grown Into an Army (New Republic 10/30/17)
• The Fragile State of the Midwest’s Public Universities (Atlantic 10/15/17)
• Remaking the University: Metrics Noir (LARB 10/11/17)
• New Koch-Backed Institute at U of Utah Raises Questions About Academic Freedom and Whether it is Designed to "Rival" Economics Department (IHE 8/31/17)
• UCSD Peace and Security Studies Center gets $3M from Koch fund (Union Tribune 8/18/17)
• University Leaders Say They Need to Improve Communication on Science With Public (IHE 7/13/17)
• Correction to an Article on Google's Academic Influence (Fox 7/1/17)
• Biomedical Research Would be Hit by Trump's Proposed Budget (LAT 5/26/17)
• Lawmakers Show Sympathy for Trump Plan to Squeeze Research Costs (CHE 5/25/17)
• White House Budget Includes Tens of Billions in Cuts to Student Aid and Research (IHE 5/24/17)
• EPA Removes Scientists From Science Review Board (Huff Po 5/8/17)
• Private Companies Fund Public-University Research (The Atlantic 4/3/17)
• HHS Secretary Proposes Cutting Reimbursements That Fund University-Based Research (IHE 4/3/17)
• Drastic Cuts to NIH Budget Could Translate to Less Innovation and Fewer Patents, Study Argues (LAT 3/30/17)
• Trump’s Budget Calls for Seismic Disruption in Medical and Science Research (WaPo 3/16/17)
• Republicans’ War on Science Just Got Frighteningly Real (New Republic 3/9/17)
• Killing a Program That Brings History to Life (NYT 3/9/17)
• American Universities Must Take a Stand (NYT 2/8/17)
• Why Scientists Are Planning Their Own March on Washington (Gizmodo 1/25/17)
• Entrepreneurial/Innovation Funding From State (UCLAFA 1/18/17)
• Will Donald Trump Gut Science at NASA? (Mother Jones 1/3/17)

2016

• Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant (NYT 12/31/16)
• Trump Transition Probe of Energy Dept. Involves the UC-Related Labs - Part 2 (UCLA 12/13/16)
• Graduate Teaching and Research Assistants Vote to Unionize (Columbia Spectator 12/9/16)
• Trump to Scrap Nasa Climate Research in Crackdown on ‘Politicized Science’ (Guardian 11/23/16)
• How House Republicans Derailed A Scientist Whose Research Could Save Lives (Huff Po 11/3/16)
• Corruption at CUNY (Jacobin 8/31/16)
• The Decline Of Research At Public Universities Erodes Public Trust (Think Progress 6/13/16)
• Is It Time for Universities to Get Out of the Hospital Business? (CHE 5/31/16)
• The Entrepreneurship Racket (Jacobin 5/12/16)
• Who's Responsible for the Demise of America's Public Research Universities? (The Atlantic 4/10/16)
• House Seeks Names of Fetal Tissue Researchers, Prompting Claims of Intimidation (NYT 3/24/16)
• U.S. House Backs New Bid to Require ‘National Interest’ Certification for NSF Grants (CHE 2/11/16)
• Washington State Extension Professor Says She's Being Forced Out Over Unrealistic Research Standards (IHE 2/4/16)
• Is University Research Missing What Matters Most? (CHE 1/24/16)
• Why do Universities Salivate Over Money-losing Grants? (OrgTheory 1/4/16)

2015

• Missouri Lawmaker Seeks To Block Students From Studying Restrictive Abortion Law (Huff Po 11/10/15)
• Research Stop (UCLAFA 11/6/15)
• Subscription Scare Fuels Worries Over Who Controls Data That Scholars Need (CHE 10/30/15)
• Legal Fight Between USC, UCSD Could Have Implications for Alzheimer's Research (LAT 7/19/15)
• Academics Concerned Over 'Exploitative' Global Research Partnerships (Guardian 7/14/15)
• MIT Report Sees 'Future Postponed' in Basic Research (IHE 4/27/15)
• House Committee Draws Criticism Again for Proposed Cuts to Social Sciences (IHE 4/23/15)
• Anger over New Approach to Funding Science in Ireland (IHE 4/16/15)
• U. of California Press Builds Open-Access Publishing Model Around 'Paying it Forward' (IHE 2/10/15)
• University Spending on Research Was Up Slightly in 2013 (IHE 2/9/15)

2014

• New Report Argues for Better Mentoring, Pay, and Career Progression for Postdocs (IHE 12/11/14)
• What a Republican-Led Congress Means For Higher Education Policy (IHE 11/5/14)
• Showdown At The University of Texas (Public Books 11/1/14)
• Conference Speakers Call For More Harmonization of European Higher Education (IHE 10/30/14)
• NSF-Backed Scientists Raise Alarm Over Deepening Congressional Inquiry (CHE 10/16/14)
• The GOP Intensifies Its Attacks On The National Science Foundation (io9 10/13/14)
• Glut of Postdoc Researchers Stirs Quiet Crisis in Science (Boston Globe 10/5/14)
• Janet Napolitano Hopes UC Can Cash In on Companies, Not Just Research (KQED 8/27/14)
• A Star-Gazing Palace’s Hazy Future (NYT 6/2/14)
• House Passes NSF Funding Bill That Takes Slap at Social Sciences (IHE 6/2/14)
• Humanities Indicators Funding Report (Humanities Indicators 6/14)
• Don't Evaluate Scholarly Research on Public Impact Alone (IHE 5/15/14)
• Republicans Threaten to Intervene in Science Research Funding (Huffpo 5/6/14)
• Brown University Ph.D Students Protest Cutbacks in Funding (CHE 4/29/14)
• America's Top Young Scientists Warn Of Systemic Brain Drain: Colleagues 'Sort Of Disappear' (Huff Po 4/16/14)
• First Milestone Is Claimed on Long Road to Tracking Science’s Economic Value (CHE 4/3/14)
• Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science (NYT 3/15/14)
• Battle Over NSF Begins (IHE 3/14/14)
• Federal Spending on Science, Already Down, Would Remain Tight (CHE 3/5/14)
• Strapped Scientists Abandon Research and Students (CHE 2/24/14)
• Dispute Over the Future of Basic Research in Canada (NYT 2/16/14)
• Nuclear Weapons Research Body Gives £8M a Year to British Universities (Guardian 2/11/14)
• For UCLA, Pomegranate Research Is Sweet and Sour (CHE 2/3/14)
• The Budget Deal Came Out And The Scientific Research Community Isn't Thrilled (HuffPo 1/14/14)
• Ease Up on Social Science (IHE 1/10/14)

2013

• NIH Considers a 'People, Not Projects' Approach to Awarding Grants (CHE 12/6/13)
• We're Not Alone in Pointing to the Risks of Open-Ended Capital Projects (UCLAFA 12/2/13)
• Research Universities Are Praised for Returning Focus to Undergrad Education (CHE 11/12/13)
• UCLA Chancellor On Sequestration Science Cuts: 'People Will End Up On The Street' (Huff Po 11/11/13)
• Science in the ‘National Interest’: What About Everything Else? (Empty Wheel 11/7/13)
• Science Has Lost Its Way, at a Big Cost to Humanity (LAT 10/27/13)
• Moving Beyond Congress (IHE 10/11/13)
• Defense Research Agency Hunts for Biotech Innovators (CHE 10/7/13)
• A JPMorgan Ph.D.? (IHE 10/7/13)
• Government Shutdown Halts Scientific Research Projects Across The Country (HuffPo 10/2/13)
• Sequester Strains Science Researchers (IHE 9/9/13)
• Sequestration Cuts To Research 'Like A Slowly Growing Cancer' (HuffPo 7/10/13)
• Proposed Military Research at Yale Medical School Draws Criticism (CHE 2/19/13)

2011

• UCSD Joins With Pharmaceutical Giant Pfizer (10 News 8/8/11)
• Conflict disclosure plan dropped (Nature News 8/1/11) -free registration required for viewing
• Supremes Rule Against Stanford (IHE 6/7/11)
• “If you have to ask”: Ten sure-fire ways to lose money on research (When Worlds Collide 5/18/11) 
• Chasing Nanotechnology, Greensboro Gambles With State Money (CHE 4/24/11) 
• As Universities Fend Off Budget Cuts, Some Researchers See Possible Benefits (CHE 4/3/11)
• Is Research Funded Like a Ponzi Scheme? (CHE 1/13/11)
• Assembly Proposes UC Venture Development Fund (CA Leg Info 1/3/11)

2010

• Recovery of Indirect Costs at UC (Regents Item 11/17/10)
• Larry Summers and the Subversion of Economics (CHE 10/4/10)
• Industry Sponsored Research Increases 12% (CHE 9/28/10)
• Cost of Stimulus Vexes Universities (ICR Shortfalls) (WSJ 7/6/10)
• UC: Millions Lost in Research Costs from Grants (SF Gate 6/16/10)
• UC Academic Senate Report on Indirect Costs (UC Senate 5/6/10)

2009

• Indirect Cost Distribution For UC, With Notes (Christopher Newfield 11/8/09)
• Indirect Costs and State Support for Non-State Research (Remaking 7/8/09)