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In 2000, NSF received about 3000 computer science proposals with a success rate of 30%. In 2004, the number of applications had risen to 6500 and the success rate had dropped to 16%.

"Among the first adopters and co-creators of the Semantic Web have been scientists who see in the new approach the promise of content-based information retrieval, distributed data mining, and automated Web-service choreography."

Peering in from the outside, the research lab I visited for about a month provided a completely different research experience than what I was used to in the United States.

Doing a Ph.D. on visual interfaces and usability is particularly useful, he believes, because it allows him to understand what the consumers would like to use and to guess whether a new product would succeed or fail.

In grad school, a certain amount of failure is inevitable.

"I feel like I'm making a useful contribution not only to the company but to the environment," says chemical engineer John Ma of Dow Chemical Canada.

Like other professional doctorates, Eng.D.s combine an applied research project, usually in industry, with courses that are directly relevant to the candidate's profession.

Identifying and addressing self-confidence issues can help early-career scientists make swifter progress.

The best and most popular stories of 2012, as chosen by readers and editors.

NASCAR is hiring mechanical engineers and aerodynamics scientists to shave milliseconds off lap times and push racecars to their limits.

The agency has updated its grant proposal guide, but its new use of "products" in the biosketch, in place of publications, is ambiguous.

A more interactive peer-review process can help authors build recognition, increase their impact, and win priority for their scientific work.

Canada is now moving toward high-skilled immigration based on employment, according to the newsmagazine Maclean’s.