Public funding agencies might also consider withholding the last installments of grants until all the relevant data have been made public, or they might offer small grants for publishing negative results.
One option reportedly under consideration is to withhold the last installment of a grant until the research is publicly available; another option would be to make grant renewal contingent on open access publication.
SEPT. 1, 2010 Dr. Spence does not receive the second installment of his grant, which covers his salary, after a federal judge ruled that government financing violates a law prohibiting the use of federal money to destroy embryos.
Starting as soon as next spring, researchers who haven't complied will not receive the next installment of their grant.
In November 2008, a decision was made by the Trial Management Group, endorsed by the independent Trial Steering Committee and the trial's Sponsors, to close to further recruitment after the organisation providing research funding chose not to award the next annual installment of the grant on the grounds of lack of viability.
In e-mails recently sent to CNCS grantees, the Romanian government announced that it would make cuts in the 2013 installment of multiannual research grants issued in 2011.
This year, for example, B.A.S.F. will give Brazosport College in Lake Jackson the final installment of a $1 million grant for the creation of a new facility devoted to the petrochemical, energy and nuclear industries.
The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey got the top award, $225,000, the third annual installment of a $1 million partnership grant.
States are beefing up their ability to review rates, with the help of $46 million in federal grants — the first installment of $250 million that will be distributed over five years.
In the next installment of "How Not to Kill a Grant Application," we shift our gaze downward to the abstract--what makes a good one and hints and tips on making it better!
