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Nature 427, 477 (5 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/427477a
Universities battle for extra funds in bid to boost quality
Quirin Schiermeier
Germany's top universities are being asked to compete for top-up grants from the federal government to help them pack more of a punch internationally.Five winning institutions will each get extra funding of 
50 million (US$60 million) every year for five years from 2006, in a bold scheme designed to help them compete on a global stage with the likes of Harvard University and the University of Tokyo.
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