@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below

transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...

With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives, is under threat in one of its most productive moments.

“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.

Economic loss due to NIH budget cuts by congressional district, scienceimpacts.org/fy26

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget.

Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide.

Interactive map and shareable report:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26

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Very excited to share that our new article is out!

One key idea we have put forward is a standardized reporting framework for funders to use when reporting RIA, to improve the transparency of methods and data used in impact assessments and get better value out of RIAs.

Improving the reporting of research impact assessments: a systematic review of biomedical funder research impact assessments Abstract. The field of research impact assessment (RIA) has seen remarkable growth over the past three decades. Increasing numbers of RIA frameworks have b

Lovely to have a second PhD article out from @abudur.bsky.social - just in time for the hols. How do funders do and report their impact assessments? What data and methods do they use? Read more here £0 academic.oup.com/rev/article/...