Investment includes 257 new projects involving researchers in 37 states

Inconsistent, duplicative regulations undercut productivity of U.S. research enterprise

NSF issues 12 new awards in support of the Global City Teams Challenge

Funding will allow research into the safety and efficacy of botanical dietary supplements for women’s health to continue

With Republicans now at the helm, Congress is gearing up to pursue a legislative agenda with potentially profound implications for science and how it informs policies on the environment, energy, health and agriculture.

The Regents of the University of California agreed to pay the United States $499,700 to resolve civil allegations under the False Claims Act that the University of California at Davis submitted false and misleading statements in connection with obtaining grants from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced Dec. 11.

The issue of overregulation is not new for universities, but what is new is that academic scientists seem to finally be making progress with government officials, a ScienceInsider article says.

Writers Richard Harris and Robert Benincasa paint a depressing picture of where U.S. scientific research is heading.

Five U.S. departments and agencies provided most of the federal funding for basic research.

Job satisfaction and morale among researchers relying on government grants were body slammed by the sequestration—at least $1.3 trillion in across-the-board funding cuts were mandated by the 2011 Budget Control Act for 2013 through 2021.