FP7 BUDGET INCREASE ERC PHASE-IN EU RESEARCH
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is being forced to phase in the European Research Council (ERC) budget, so it starts life next year with annual funding of just Euro 300 million. Although in draft Brussels figures this budget should rise to Euro 1.8 billion a year by 2013, the parsimonious launch will inevitably disappoint some researchers.
Dr Peter Cotgreave, of the Campaign for Science & Engineering in the UK called for the Commission to carefully manage initial demand for ERC grants: "If they go around voicing grand European ambitions, they ...
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