Current actions that threaten to substantively reduce funding of academic research in the United States of America is deeply concerning (e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5468112/; https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00660-9; https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-068.html). The USA has traditionally been an open, exceptionally generous and hospitable country that has...
Read MoreSo what is the IUMS? According to its website, the ‘IUMS is one of the 31 Scientific Unions of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). ICSU is a non-governmental organisation with a global membership of national scientific bodies (120 Members, representing 140 countries) and International Scientific Unions (31 Members).’ The ‘IUMS has 96 national member societies and 26 associate membe...
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