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STM participates in a working group that the EU COM runs on AI in science, which last month published the third version of ‘Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research’. Further thematic working groups have now been set up to consider updates on the use of AI in evaluation of proposals,…

At STM’s May APAC seminar, Dr Shinichi Akaike of Japan’s Cabinet Office presented on the country’s Seventh Basic Plan for Science and Technology, released earlier in 2026. He set out the plan’s six pillars — including revitalising basic science, promoting open science, and enhancing international collaboration — against the backdrop of Japan’s declining share of…

On 15 June, the STM China Chapter convened at Tsinghua University Press (TUP), Beijing, under the theme ‘The New Ecosystem of Academic Publishing: the World and China’. The meeting brought together more than 80 publishers and scholars on international publishing trends, AI-driven research integrity tools, and the development of Chinese STM journal clusters. STM CEO…

STM were co-hosts of the PubTech and STM APAC Conferences last month in Beijing. The two events attracted more than 300 delegates from across 13 countries and regions, recognising the increasingly important role the Asia Pacific region plays in shaping the future of global scholarly communication. The 4th PubTech Conference, hosted by CNPIEC in partnership with…

NIH is seeking public input on how to define, measure, and incentivize scientific impact in ways that better reflect collaboration, rigor, reproducibility, and mission-driven biomedical research. The request is notable for STM members because any future NIH framework could shape how funders, institutions, and researchers value publications, data sharing, peer review, and other contributions to…

On the one‑year anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, current and former NIH staff have released an updated assessment documenting how “the chaos of 2025 has been replaced with coordinated, systematic, institutionalized destruction in 2026,” providing detailed descriptions of the Administrations’ activities and impacts. The original June 2025 declaration—an open letter from NIH scientists—raised concerns about the politicization of research, grant…

Implementation of “Schedule Policy/Career” (formerly Schedule F) is reclassifying thousands of federal roles and removing traditional civil service protections. Recent actions have shifted roughly 8,000 positions into the new category, making them effectively at‑will and potentially more exposed to political direction. Office of Personnel Management guidance specifies that employees with “substantive participation and discretionary authority…

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s proposal to overhaul the Uniform Guidance—recasting it as a government‑wide “Uniform Grants Regulation” (UGR)—continues to generate significant concern across the research community. The 29 May proposal would vastly reshape requirements governing the award, oversight, and termination of federal grants. Stakeholder engagement has been substantial, with the public docket already receiving tens…

STM consultants Shuai Yan, Mark Robertson, and Eric Na have published a detailed report on Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan — the largest national initiative in Chinese scholarly publishing, now supporting 13 journal cluster pilot projects with 45 million RMB in annual funding. Phase II has a clear ambition: a publishing ecosystem built…

On 10 June, the European Parliament’s STOA panel (on the future of science and technology) held a session highlighting AI, system-level misaligned incentives, and research culture as key factors behind the rise in research integrity issues. Several speakers encouraged a focus on the reasons motivating misconduct rather than on post-fact enforcement, although the importance of…