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Nature 407, 435 (28 September 2000) | doi:10.1038/35035237

NSF aims to inject more maths into biology

Rex Dalton

In a bid to bring more direction to a somewhat chaotic field, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched an ambitious plan to increase biologists' use of mathematical and statistical techniques. The agency wants researchers to build these techniques into their grant proposals.