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Nature 399, 508 (10 June 1999) | doi:10.1038/21004

German plan to curb rise in research funds

Quirin Schiermeier

Germany's 16 Länder (states) say they want to cut down considerably on the five per cent increase in next year's budget that has been promised to the main basic research organizations, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Max Planck Society (MPS).The DFG and MPS are jointly funded by the federal government and the Länder.