http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/science_society/funding_policy/ Read research news on funding policy for science and health, scientific research on effective fund-raising and related topics. en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:05:01 EST Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:05:01 EST 60 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gif http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/science_society/funding_policy/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091124204316.htm Researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis. The study offers a rare glimpse into how biology, experience and compensation schemes work together to make a profitable and -- crucially -- a prudent risk taker. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091124204316.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123171420.htm Everybody likes a raise in pay. Even health care professionals, it appears. Now a new study reports that the performance ratings of patient care from 25 medical groups throughout California significantly improved after the start of a statewide pay-for-performance program in 2004. But not if incentives focus on your doctor's productivity. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123171420.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123083656.htm Seventy percent of U.K. households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123083656.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117094929.htm Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain, Japanese researchers report. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117094929.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116085045.htm A new report warns basic life-saving solutions such as hygiene, adequate nutrition, bed nets and skilled birth attendants "not a priority" for too many leaders. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116085045.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116094503.htm One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new poll. The results show that lack of job security was particularly hard on families, with almost one in five parents turning up to work ill and close to one in 10 parents sending sick children to school. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091116094503.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109194743.htm The alcohol industry's sponsorship of sport should be banned and replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax modeled on those employed by some countries for tobacco, say scientists. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109194743.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102121720.htm The swine flu (H1N1) pandemic has received extensive media coverage this year. In times of heightened health concerns, everyday behaviors like sneezing can serve as a reminder to wash our hands or take our vitamins. But, what if we overreact to everyday sneezes and coughs and sniffles? Can these signals transform healthy discretion into an unreasonable fearfulness about germs and more? Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091102121720.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091030095517.htm The proposed Medicare "bundled" payment system for dialysis is likely to reduce government reimbursements for dialysis units in certain regions of the United States and for some types of facilities, according to new research. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091030095517.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091021100750.htm The number of workers age 65 and older is predicted to increase by more than 80 percent by 2016. In an ongoing study, researchers are examining the financial motivations of older working Americans. New results reveal that older workers spend less money on necessities, including housing and food, and health care than older non-workers. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091021100750.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006191320.htm Contracting private providers of health care services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to health care in low income countries. In two new reviews of public health care policies in poor and middle income countries, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of these approaches for increasing use of health care services. The cash incentives review is the first ever systematic review on this subject. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091006191320.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921162240.htm Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study shows that when investors use charts, they are likely to make a baseless decision about the riskiness of a stock based on its run-length. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090921162240.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929012259.htm In a new paper, a team of researchers from Australia and the US makes the case for estimating the role that cannabis has worldwide as a risk factor for psychosis. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090929012259.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090925115453.htm A recent commentary suggests that the US should spend roughly $197 million more than it currently does to research the impact of climate change on public health. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090925115453.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090923112545.htm More low-income students would make it to college if changes were made to streamline the complicated financial aid process, according to a new study. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090923112545.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922123927.htm Significant weaknesses undermine the global community's abilities to prevent, detect early, and respond efficiently to potentially deadly species-crossing microbes, such as the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus sweeping the globe, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922123927.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922095655.htm Cancer research is too focused on new drug development, while not enough money and effort is being devoted to pursuing important advances in knowledge likely to have the biggest impact on combating the disease in the next few decades, a leading research policy expert says, adding that a major shift in research priorities will be crucial to the ability to cope with the coming wave of cancer cases. Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090922095655.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915192232.htm Health experts warn that failure to agree radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen this December spells a global health catastrophe. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915192232.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090909122104.htm Researchers urges local, state, and federal governments, businesses, and community leaders to promote family mealtimes as a matter of public policy. Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090909122104.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908125122.htm Among likely voters surveyed across the nation, about nine in 10 support the federal government adopting additional food safety measures, and 64 percent believe that imported foods are often or sometimes unsafe, according to a new poll. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908125122.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903110806.htm Financial imprudence is linked to other impulsive behavior such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903110806.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901163924.htm A survey indicates that research is active and diverse at US academic medical centers and that a substantial proportion of faculty conduct research and publish without sponsorship, according to a new study. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901163924.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903065033.htm The EU is doing little to meet its carbon reduction targets while funding rules elsewhere are blocking green energy schemes in poor countries, experts from the Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment say. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903065033.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133635.htm A lot of variables come into play when selecting a site for environmental conservation that yields benefits to people nearby such as wildlife needs, species and vegetation uniqueness, and costs to the government or community. When faced with a choice, researchers found that society and the environment can be better off if conservation agents choose sites that are closer to people because people are more willing to financially support something close to them. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133635.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827123214.htm New research finds that when choosing to punish or reward accidental behavior, individuals tend to focus on outcome, rather than a person's intent. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827123214.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826191841.htm Disclosure of financial conflicts of interests to potential participants in research is important, but may have a limited role in managing these conflicts, according to a new study. Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826191841.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826215020.htm Finding economical and practical solutions for conserving endangered carnivores is a continuous challenge for conservationists. In a new paper, a team of Brazilian researchers define global conservation priorities that encompass socioeconomic and life-history factors for endangered carnivores. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826215020.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090820161325.htm Live in an expensive city? Think you pay too much in federal taxes? If so, a study in the current issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that you're exactly right. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090820161325.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817201948.htm A policy forum argues that 25 years of health care reforms in Mexico have increased insurance coverage but have not resulted in greater efficiency and have not significantly reduced health inequities despite their costs in a country that has huge divisions between the rich and the poor. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817201948.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141741.htm Hiring the workers needed to eliminate the staggering shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 will cost $2.6 billion a year, or 2.5 times the annual funds currently allocated for health worker wages in the region, according to a new study. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141741.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730073917.htm A UK hospital that combined its bereavement and donation services saw a forty-fold increase in tissue donations, such as corneas, in just five years. Between 2002 and 2007 the number of tissue donors rose from six to 246, while solid organ donation rates remained stable. The introduction of an automatic trigger to the regional transplant donor co-ordinators in 2007 resulted in 31 referrals and 11 multi-organ donors. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730073917.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727081110.htm Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking at the social forces that shape the attitudes and behaviors of today's youth -- forces influencing them in ways that will determine their financial success or failure as adults. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727081110.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727203736.htm New US legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction over tobacco products represents a serious compromise on the part of tobacco control advocates, argues a new essay in PLoS Medicine. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727203736.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727110647.htm By a wide margin, health care leaders believe that individuals should have a choice of public and private health plans, and strongly support other central components of health reform such as innovative provider payment reform and a national insurance health exchange with strong standard-setting authority. Two-thirds (68 percent) of opinion leaders feel it is urgent to enact comprehensive health care reform this year, according to a recent survey. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727110647.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720202559.htm Should the financial ties between doctors and drug companies be completely cut, or are healthy alliances between the two possible with the common aim of improving human health? A debate in PLoS Medicine discusses whether the influence of drug company money on doctors is always a corrupting one. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720202559.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716113252.htm A group of 34 US Nobel Laureates is calling on President Obama to urge Congress to include the president's proposed $150 billion Clean Energy Technology Fund in the climate legislation it is considering. The climate bill approved by the House in June falls far short of this goal, they told the president in a letter sent to the White House July 16. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716113252.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716094001.htm As lawmakers debate how to pay for an overhaul of the nation's health care system, a new report projects that including both private and public insurance choices in a new insurance exchange would save the United States as much as $265 billion in administrative costs from 2010 to 2020. Congressional leaders are attempting to keep 10-year federal budget costs of health care reform legislation under $1 trillion. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716094001.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131600.htm Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, the United States achieved an historic first when Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. Armstrong's now famous words, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," fulfilled the challenge set out nearly a decade earlier by President John F. Kennedy to land a man on the moon. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131600.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707093617.htm A new study gives state and local health departments get mixed marks for efforts to convey information about the H1N1 virus to the public using their Web sites immediately after US officials declared a public health emergency in April. While most state health departments posted information about the outbreak within 24 hours of the federal announcement, just one-third of the local health departments studied did the same. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707093617.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200802.htm People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do -- a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to results of a new study. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200802.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623143049.htm A survey of "small donors" during the 2008 presidential election reveals that Obama small donors were disproportionately female (56 percent) while McCain small donors were 61 percent male. Past studies of donors have found that men are more likely than women to give to candidates. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623143049.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619082131.htm The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090619082131.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618200935.htm Well-heeled donors, private corporations and average citizens sending money to their favorite charities are changing the landscape of global health funding, according to a new study. The study, which provides the first comprehensive picture of the total funding amount going to global health projects, shows that funding for health in developing countries has quadrupled over the past two decades. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618200935.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618144031.htm Long-term care costs exceed median income for seniors living alone in more than half of California counties, according to new data. When paired with rent and food, long-term care costs exceed median income in 100 percent of California counties. Costs are soaring even as State budget crisis threatens further cuts to long-term care programs. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618144031.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617123441.htm NIST, DOD, the intelligence community and the Committee on National Security Systems has released the first installment of a three-year effort to build a unified information security framework for the entire federal government. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617123441.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609133924.htm Research reveals recession will sound death knell on conspicuous consumption. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609133924.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608204051.htm Low income, conflict-affected countries such as Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia receive less development money for reproductive health than countries that are not experiencing conflict, according to a new study. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608204051.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529112536.htm The vast majority of advanced colon cancer patients in a clinical trial were not concerned about the cost of prescription drugs for managing chemotherapy side effects, such as infection, pain and nausea and few adopted strategies to reduce drug cost burdens after joining the clinical trial, according to a study. Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529112536.htm