LibreDigital raises $15 million in second round funding to invest in digital platform - July 31, 2009
Digital media services company LibreDigital Inc, US, has announced that it has closed a $15 million second round of funding led by new investor Triangle Peak Partners and existing investor Adams Capital Management. The company’s other key investors include HarperCollins Publishers, New York Times Company and… Read More
American Chemical Society hails increase in funding for Math and Science programme - July 28, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has expressed praise for the House of Representatives move to support a $5 million increase in funding for the Education Department's Math and Science Partnership programme. ACS has been advocating a funding increase for the partnership programme, which it has termed… Read More
Emerald/ALCS announce grant for engineering research in Africa - July 23, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, and The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), in association with the International Network for the Availability of Science Publications (INASP) and the African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), are offering a research… Read More
Elsevier Foundation calls for grant proposals by August 1 under two programmes - July 13, 2009
The Elsevier Foundation has announced that it is accepting new grant proposals for its 2009 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programmes till August 1, 2009. Sponsored by STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, the grants for the two programmes will be awarded in December 2009… Read More
New UKPMC grant reporting services now available - May 26, 2009
The UK PubMed Central (UKPMC), part of a network of PMC International repositories, has announced the availability of new UKPMC grant reporting services. Users of the UK PubMed Central Manuscript Submission System (UKMSS) will now be able to use a new service… Read More
Medical journal criticises Gates Foundation over funding patterns - May 12, 2009
Medical journal The Lancet has criticised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for lacking transparency, making too many grants to recipients in rich nations and not focusing its resources on the greatest health needs. The latest edition of the journal has published an analysis of Gates… Read More
Scientific data repository Dryad obtains $2 million grant from US foundation - May 11, 2009
The US' National Science Foundation has announced a $2.18 grant for Dryad, a digital data repository designed to archive data that underlie published findings in evolutionary biology, ecology and related fields. The repository allows scientists to access and build on each other's findings. The grant recipients… Read More
Elsevier Foundation calls for new grant proposals for 2009 Innovative Libraries and New Scholars Programs - April 17, 2009
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for its 2009 Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries and New Scholars programs. Sponsored by STM publisher Elsevier, the new Foundation proposals are due by August 1, 2009. The grants for the two programmes will be awarded in December… Read More
ACS head urges continuity in NSF funding for scientific research in the US - April 7, 2009
Dr. Madeleine Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the American Chemical Society (ACS), recently told a House Appropriations subcommittee that it is critical for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to have stable, predictable levels of funding. This would ensure the… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry expresses concerns over EPSRC research funding plans - March 24, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has expressed concern on the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the UK's primary science funding body for chemistry, is introducing new measures. EPSRC's failure to give adequate advance notification of new demand… Read More
