JRC BOSS BULLISH ABOUT FUTURE, DESPITE FUNDING FREEZE AND ERC LAUNCH – EU RESEARCH INTERVIEW
July 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE, in Munich
THE EUROPEAN Commission's independent research body has been told its funding is likely to be frozen in the next round of funding, but the head of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has insisted this will have little impact on its projects or future status.
Speaking at the EuroScience Open Forum Conference in Munich, (NOTE: CAPITAL 'E' AND 'S' in 'EuroScience') the JRC's director general, Roland Schenkel, said it would instead seek to make up the financial shortfall by seeking industry funding.
The JRC's attempts to get a 3% rise in funding ...
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