STM submission to NIH RFI on Allowable Publishing Costs  

In case you missed it: Along with others in the research community, STM has responded to NIH’s request for information on limiting publishing costs. We’ll continue to engage with NIH, OSTP, OMB and Congress to share our concerns about grant expense restrictions in publishing and in general. Access the response here.

The CDN provider has recently announced new tools and services for the era of AI. The two latest ones are their Content Signals Policy, which makes robots.txt indications more specific, and responsible AI bot principles. These may help bridge the gap between current practices and evolving legislation by providing effective tools to manage AI bots.

Discussions at the R&I Days centred around the next EU funding programme for research (the successor of Horizon Europe), the new European Competitiveness Fund and the many unresolved questions about how their governance will work. A balance between funding for strategic investments, selected top-down, and blue-sky research (mainly funded through the ERC) will need to...