How does your company determine how much to spend each year on R&D? Likely, a group of senior executives get together and offer their thoughts on what the figure should be for the next year. After a back and forth discussion focusing on the right amount for R&D, other corporate financial considerations are then put…
An Uptrend in U.S. R&D Spending: Possible Breakthrough Period Ahead
U.S. spending trends Noting again that the NSF data is in arrears, let’s use R&D Magazine’s GFF data to examine recent trends. Globally, China, Korea, and the Scandinavian countries are making consistent waves. The data shows it. But, for this article, let’s just pull out the pieces from past and current GFFs for the U.S. …
2018 Global R&D Funding Forecast Snapshot
R&D Magazine’s 59th annual Global R&D Funding Forecast estimates that global R&D investments will increase by 4.1% in 2018 to $2.190 trillion in purchasing power parity (PPP) values for the more than 115 countries having significant R&D investments. These include those countries with more than $100 million in R&D investments. This forecast rate is a…
The Race to Knowledge: How Researchers Benefit from New Scientific Literature Access, Acquisition and Analysis Technologies
Unlocking the Potential for Successful Technology Transfer
Editor’s Note: A special highlight of the third annual 2017 R&D 100 Conference—held Nov. 16 and 17, 2017 at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, Florida—was the “R&D Technology Transfer Forum (TTF): Unlocking the Potential,” a session that explored the obstacles and barriers encountered with transferring technologies from the government to the private…
Managing the Growth of Scientific Data
French President Wants to Turn Country into ‘Startup Nation’
French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting the world’s innovators, engineers and business-builders to come to France as he tries to transform this country from a land resting on the laurels of its past into a “startup nation.” In a first step, the French government on Thursday launched a “French Tech Visa,” a fast-track four-year residence…
Five Facilities Take Home Honors in Laboratory of the Year Awards
Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. This annual international competition receives entries from the best new and renovated laboratories. Eligible projects represent a wide variety of laboratory types, including research, quality assurance/control, teaching, software development, environmental, clinical, forensic, and…
R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design Announce 2017 Laboratory of the Year Winners
Now in its 51st year, the Laboratory of the Year Awards continue to recognize excellence in research laboratory design, planning and construction. Judging for this year’s competition took place on March 28, and was conducted by a blue-ribbon panel of laboratory architects, engineers, equipment manufacturers, researchers and the editors of R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design.…
Rush Holt on What’s Next After March for Science
On Saturday, April 22, thousands of marchers worldwide participated in the March for Science— a nonpartisan event championing scientific funding, education and government policies based on scientific evidence. Marches took place on all seven continents, including Antarctica, at an estimated 600 locations. In the U.S., marches took place in all 50 states, with 15,000 marchers…
March For Science is About Defending Facts, Not Politics
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Market Pulse: More R&D for NASA and A.I.
The Importance of Killing Ideas, Not R&D
While spotting opportunity is the springboard for change, focusing on failure can be as much a part of finding the right answer for realising that change. The crux is knowing when to stop investing in ideas – particularly in terms of the mis-deployment of often limited resources. But it can be difficult to, firstly identify,…
Market Pulse: Shift from Non-Defense to Defense R&D Detailed
Trump’s First Budget Proposes Big Changes for Science Research
President Trump released an outline of his first budget proposal on Thursday, March 16 calling for large cuts to numerous federal programs in order to offset a big uptick in military and defense spending. The document requests drastic downsizing for several domestic departments, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of…
Market Pulse: Strong Jobs Report Ensures Rate Increase This Week
Market Pulse: Fed Likely to Raise Interest Rates to 1.00% Next Week
Pittcon 2017 Kicks Off, Featuring Hundreds of Industry Experts and Innovative Lab Tech
Thousands of scientists, researchers and laboratory enthusiasts from around the world are coming together this week for the 2017 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon). The event, held March 5 – 9 in Chicago, attracted 13,000 people from 90 different countries in 2016, with similar turnout expected this year. Pittcon kicked off…
Market Pulse: Economic Growth Having Ancillary Effects
Scientists March Against Trump During AAAS Meeting
Hundreds of scientists gathered over the weekend in Boston’s Copley Square in protest of the Trump administration’s stance on a variety of science-related issues. The event, coined “Rally to Stand Up for Science,” took place on Feb. 19, and coincided with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),…
