title: U.K. science budget. Gene jocks, data crunchers hit jackpot.
abstract: Unveiling its science spending plan for the next 3 years, the U.K. government last week announced major new investments in three key areas: tracking disease genes, leveraging the Internet for data analysis, and supporting emerging industries such as nanotechnology and bioengineering. Although these programs cut across a range of disciplines funded by the U.K.'s science councils, the government also bestowed a long-anticipated gift on astronomers: membership in the European Southern Observatory, which will give U.K. researchers access to the world's largest optical telescope.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pickrell
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005826:Genetics, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D023281:Genomics / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012586:Science / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom