Research Fortnight

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Research Fortnight is an independent publication that reports on research policy and funding in the U.K.^[1] It is sold by institutional subscription, and around 95% of universities in the UK subscribe to it,^{[citation needed]} along with government agencies and research councils. The title is read by pro vice-chancellors for research, government scientists, policymakers, research managers, and individual researchers.

Research Fortnight was launched in 1994 by William Cullerne Bown,^[2] an entrepreneur and former journalist for The Independent and New Scientist. It has since launched sister publications Research Europe, Onderzoek Nederland, Research Africa, Funding Insight, and HE. It maintains a database of research grants offered by government agencies, charities, and other providers across the world to which subscribers have access. With a team of 20 reporters, editors, and managers,^[3] they provide daily weekday updates that are behind a paywall on its website.^[4] It also offers a limited daily selection of free news.^[5]

The company employs 90 staff in Shoreditch, London. It also has offices in Australia and South Africa.^[6]

Its founder, William Cullerne Bown, sold the company that publishes Research Fortnight to the US company Proquest in 2018. ^[7] Proquest, and Research Fortnight, is now part of Clarivate.