ASM International names Sandy Robert, new executive director
Sandy Robert, CAE will join ASM International as executive director, effective January 1, 2022. Robert will be completing this year as CEO of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), where she was...
View ArticleFacing sustainability in the lab
By Becky Chambers Hennessy, contributing writer Scientific research leaders are taking a long look in the mirror. They see their laboratories as home to beneficial scientific breakthroughs, in areas...
View ArticleA cool game for one hot competitor — the 2021 Freezer Challenge
International Freezer Challenge honors Univ. of Illinois with 2021 “Winning Streak Award.” By Becky Chambers Hennessy, contributing writer (This is part two of a two-part series. Read part one, Facing...
View ArticleAccelerating the delivery of R&D projects with hybrid work management
By Shawn Dickerson, Vice President of ProjectManager Today’s businesses remain competitive by seeking market insights and developing new services, products or improvements. Future company growth often...
View ArticleNew data shows most R&D budgets holding steady or growing
By Scott Kirsner, CEO and Co-Founder of InnoLead Is it possible that R&D organizations are weathering the pandemic better than most other parts of Global 1000 companies? A recent survey that we...
View ArticleHow Barcelona became an R&D hub: 20 years of District 22@Barcelona
By Gordon Feller In a report charting, “The Rise of Innovation Districts,” the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., lists Barcelona alongside seven other cities that contain such districts, the...
View Article2022 R&D 100 Awards now open for submissions
The 60th R&D 100 Awards program is now open for submissions. The program is open to corporate, government, and academic R&D organizations across the globe, and has been called “The Oscars of...
View ArticleR&D firm BourkeHood helps startups claim over $100M
Bringing an idea to life can be a costly project for startups. Fortunately, Research and Development (R&D) grants are becoming more accessible due to specialist R&D tax incentive firms like...
View Article2022 Global Funding Forecast: R&D variants cover more than the pandemic
Researchers live in a world of variants — coronaviral variants are taking center stage in the media right now. But in 2022, researchers will also have to deal with the challenges of accelerating...
View Article2022 Global Funding Forecast: Strong R&D growth with clouds on the horizon
For 2022, U.S. industrial organizations are expected to collectively invest $447 billion in R&D efforts, or about 65.8% of the total R&D monies invested by the U.S. ($679.4 billion). That...
View ArticleU.S. economy still shows good growth, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending August 5, 2022 closed at 2,491.02 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -1.17% (or -29.41 basis points) from the week ending July 29,...
View ArticleR&D CDC will restructure following pandemic shortcomings, in this week’s R&D...
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending August 19, 2022, closed at 2,541.12 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.54% (or 13.70 basis points) from the week ending August...
View ArticleFive tactics for upgrading your reporting process
By Jesse Harris, Marketing Communications Specialist, ACD/Labs Reporting is not a glamorous part of pharmaceutical and chemical research and manufacturing. Filling out forms, compiling information, and...
View ArticleEV battery research continues to expand, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending August 26, 2022, closed at 2,453.23 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -3.46% (or 87.89 basis points) from the week ending August...
View ArticleOhio grows into a globally recognized R&D hub
By Gordon Feller With top-notch universities, federal research institutes, leading companies from nine major industry sectors, and 14 top-ranked hospital systems, Ohio is a “quiet giant” of innovation...
View ArticleR&D World readers asked for input on innovation investment survey
“What factors most impact your ability to get additional human and financial resources to support innovation work?” That’s one of the key questions that the teams at InnoLead and KPMG are asking as...
View ArticleR&D tax credit enforcement: Save these records
By Christopher D. Cook, CPA Anglin Reichmann Armstrong CPAs and Business Advisors The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated $45.6 billion to the IRS specifically for tax enforcement activities that...
View ArticleTips and tricks for scientists and engineers to identify patentable inventions
By April Wurster, David Nigro, and Tony Caldwell, the law offices of Snell & Wilmer Because intellectual property (IP) is frequently perceived as complex and costly, many engineers, scientists,...
View ArticleNew data: How R&D and innovation work is changing in 2023
By Scott Kirsner and Meghan Hall, InnoLead If top leaders in your organization have been getting less supportive and more skeptical about long-term projects, that’s not an aberration. New data shows...
View ArticleCalifornia aims to grab CHIPS Act funds
By Gordon Feller The bipartisan “2022 Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act of 2022” (CHIPS and Science Act) aims to increase semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S....
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