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Nature 422, 461 (3 April 2003) | doi:10.1038/422461a

Report fuels criticism of UK research council

Natasha McDowell

For years, critics of Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC) have quietly grumbled that the prestigious funding agency doesn't plan its priorities carefully enough, or communicate properly with the community of researchers that it supports. Now the detractors are claiming vindication after a scathing report from a parliamentary committee endorsed their views.