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Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

The Department offers a wealth of opportunities for postdoctoral research in the wide range of scientific disciplines represented in the Brain & Cognitive Scien

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An analysis of new awards suggests that as of 26 August 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued 57% fewer awards in the astronomical sciences in the current fiscal year compared to the ...

It’s now “up to leadership” whether to head off the controversial changes, Sen. Susan Collins said.

To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information: NIH Common Fund is Soliciting Ideas for NIH-wide Challenges and Opportunities NOT-RM-26-004. R...

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information: Proposal to Cap the Number of Simultaneous Research Project Grants per Principal Investigator ...

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.

The NIH’s spending on new medical research is significantly slower than in previous years, leaving confused scientists in the lurch.

Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.

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A newsletter inspired by the book Brain Flows

A pioneering theory of how brain network flows compose the neural symphonies that make us who we are

The vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next.

On Thursday night, the House passed the final four spending bills for FY26: Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, Transportation-HUD, and Homeland Security. The four bills will now be bundled together with th...

Overall, 44% of U.S. adults say they trust the U.S. a lot or some to regulate the use of AI effectively, while 47% have little to no trust in the U.S. to do this.

A writer grapples with neuroscience’s hardest problem