Several items in the news worth noting.
- Dorothy Bishop at Oxford (and a friend of the Good Science Project) is hosting a conference from April 7 to 9, on research fraud: “Fostering Accountability for the Integrity of Research Studies.” Speakers include John Carlisle, Nick Brown, Elisabeth Bik, Uri Simonsohn, Ivan Oransky, and many more. Register here (an online option is available).
- Caleb Watney of the Institute for Progress (another friend of the Good Science Project) published an opinion piece in the New York Times, “American Science Should Take a Lot More Risks.” Favorite quote:
Read the whole thing!
- The journal eLife asked me to write a short piece on science and efficiency. It was published here, as part of a broader collection of articles here.
- For better or worse, the Good Science Project has been contacted by journalists way more often than usual. In the past several weeks, I’ve been quoted in the following stories:
- Washington Post, “Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.”
- Axios, “New friction surfaces over replicating research.”
- Vox, “Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science.”
- Chronicle of Higher Education, “Here’s How Science Funding Could Change Under Trump.”
- The Guardian, “Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order.”
- NBC News, “Science under siege: Trump cuts threaten to undermine decades of research.”
- The Atlantic, “A New Kind of Crisis for American Universities.”
- STAT News, “Why NIH pays universities far more for indirect costs than private foundations.”
- TRT Global, “Cuts in US research funding could cede scientific lead to China, say scientists.”
- The College Fix, “Scholars debate pros, cons of Trump order capping health research funding’s indirect costs.”