Implementing a flat 15 percent indirect cost recovery rate at the NIH could result in a 20 percent decline in university research funding.

Fact of the Week: Reducing the Indirect Cost Recovery Rate at the NIH Could Result in a Decline in University Research Funding

Migrants to the U.S. are more likely to choose academic careers, and among those who choose academic careers, migrants to the U.S. are more productive than stayers.

Fact of the Week: Skilled Migrants to the U.S. Are Up To Six Times More Productive in Scientific Research Than Those Who Stay Home

Last week’s memorandum from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced that all federal agencies are to develop policies to make the results of federally funded research freely available by 2026.

Fact of the Week: Federally Funded U.S. Research Will Now Be Publicly Available for Free

For the U.S. government to restore National Institutes of Health funding to a level comparable to 2003, it would have had to allocate an additional $11.6 billion dollars last year, writes John Wu in Innovation Files.

Innovation Fact of the Week: NIH Would Need an Additional $11.6 Billion to Bring its Funding Back to Where it was in 2003 as a Share of GDP

In 2023, the United States invested about $175 billion in research conducted at government institutions and universities. That same year, the EU invested about $180 billion, and China about $200 billion.

Fact of the Week: China and the EU Invest More in Research at Government Institutions and Universities Than the US

Fact of the Week: US R&D Is Estimated To Have Increased to $792 Billion in 2021

Since 2015, the number of Chinese students enrolling in U.S. PhD programs has decreased by about 3.7 percent, while the probability a Chinese student will enroll in a PhD program in another English-speaking country, such as the UK, Australia, or Canada, has increased by 2.1 percent.

Fact of the Week: Tensions Have Led to a 3.7 Percent Decline in the Probability of Chinese Students Enrolling in a US PhD Program

R&D intensity of the United States federal government, measured as R&D investment relative to GDP, experienced a marked decline, from 0.62 percent to 0.28 percent.

Fact of the Week: The Federal Government’s R&D Intensity Has Fallen by 50 Percent Since 1964

Fact of the Week: The Federal Government's R&D Intensity Has Fallen by 50 Percent Since 1964

Federal spending on R&D has spurred job creation, directly and indirectly supporting more than 1.6 million jobs in 2018, according to a recent report that PWC prepared for Breakthrough Energy.

Fact of the Week: 13 Percent of NIH Researchers Reported That Their Labs Lost Researchers to Other Countries Due to Funding Changes

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Fact of the Week: Reducing the Indirect Cost Recovery Rate at the NIH Could Result in a Decline in University Research Funding

Fact of the Week: Skilled Migrants to the U.S. Are Up To Six Times More Productive in Scientific Research Than Those Who Stay Home

Fact of the Week: Federally Funded U.S. Research Will Now Be Publicly Available for Free