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Published online 1 May 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.441

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Energy research centres unveiled

US Department of Energy rolls out funding for science partnerships.

This week saw the US Department of Energy (DoE) announce $777 million in funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers while also releasing its first call for proposals from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Nature looks at the implications of the ongoing effort to expand federal energy and climate research.

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