Funding articles from across Nature Portfolio

Children of parents with a mental illness are at risk of adverse mental health outcomes. This Perspective discusses lessons learned from the European projects targeting family mental health and, on the basis of identified problems and barriers, provides recommendations to guide the development of future projects and facilitate successful implementation of their results.

Traders of financial options bet that firms’ stock prices will be affected by forecasts of seasonal climate produced by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Firms are exposed throughout the economy, and traders spend more to hedge the news from more skillful forecasts

More than two years after Russia invaded Ukraine, initiatives supporting Ukrainian researchers are counting the long-term career costs of the conflict.

Despite meeting a clinical and societal need for snakebite antivenom development, VenomAb folded after four years, propelling co-founder Andreas Laustsen-Kiel to a role that combines entrepreneurship and academia.

The country is ramping up efforts to attract more of the world’s students and scientists. Fixing an unacceptable gender pay gap must also be a priority.

Construction is under way for the maximum-security Brazilian facility, which will face cost and regulatory hurdles.

Former clinical scientist Patrick Vallance speaks to Nature about his priorities as the minister overseeing the nation’s research.

Many researchers describe public outreach as a labour of love, often carried out in their spare time. But some funders reward these activities.