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Nature 433, 673 (17 February 2005) | doi:10.1038/433673b; Published online 16 February 2005

Europe's research still lacks competitive edge, says panel

Quirin Schiermeier

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Five-year assessment of Framework funding comes to sober conclusion.

The European Union's main research programme has met with only "modest" success in its main goal of strengthening Europe's industrial competitiveness. That's the somewhat sobering conclusion of the latest five-year assessment of the Framework funding programme, published last week.