Research councils are organizations that provide funding and support for scientific and academic research. They give money to scientists and researchers to help them carry out their studies and make new discoveries. These councils help decide which research projects are important and deserve funding, and they often focus on specific areas of science or subject fields.
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- She advises those applicants to cut their teeth on local funding sources such as their university or national research council. (sciencemag.org)
- Because the budget allocated by research councils for R&D isn't going up while inflation is, that means fewer and smaller grants will be awarded in 2015 and 2016. (sciencemag.org)
- In a separate move, the government also announced last week that universities will no longer be the sole recipients of research council funds. (newscientist.com)
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