EU Research - ERC

ERC moves forward despite budget impasse

Last week the European Research Council's (ERC) scientific council elected Fotis Kafatos as chair. The ERC, which is supposed to award its first grants in 2007, is facing ongoing uncertainty over how much of its proposed EUR1.5 billion yearly budget will be consumed by disagreements over the total EU budget.

Science http://www.sciencemag.org 310 9 December 2005 p.1599
See also: Nature 438 8 December 2005 p.723

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