Research funding news covering NIH, NSF, EU frameworks, defense research budgets, and science policy appropriations.
University Hospitals received a historic $56.25 million federal grant to lead the newly established Pediatric Prevention Network. The funding will expand disaster preparedness training and pediatric emergency science through UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, replacing the former Pandemic Network.
South Korea's science ministry proposed nearly 3 trillion won for ICT research next year, a 23.6 percent increase. Funding will target physical AI technologies, semiconductors, and cybersecurity, with the largest allocation supporting full-stack physical AI development and quantum computing initiatives to build an AI expressway.
Atlanta's Marcus Autism Center and Emory University School of Medicine received up to $17.25 million to join the IMPACT Network for autism clinical trials. The funding supports genetic discovery and experimental trials for profound autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders.