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The US government is re-examining how it funds science, but it remains to be seen whether the administration can overcome tradition and bureaucratic inertia and achieve a substantial renovation of the grants peer-review system.
Neuroscience has reached critical mass in Shanghai and Beijing, attracting substantial financial support and enticing Western-trained scientists to return to China. Now it is time for the bounty to spread to the provinces.