The European research council on the brink.
Basic research in Europe is about to receive a shot in the arm with the creation of a European Research Council (ERC). This new agency will sustain fundamental investigation into all aspects of scientific knowledge and should drive up standards of scientific research across the continent.
Simons
Kai
K
Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden 01307, Germany. simons@mpi-cbg.de
Featherstone
Carol
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