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Published online 15 October 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.1006

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EU research programme weighed up and found wanting

Audit criticizes lack of sustainability of EU-funded projects.

The European Union's last research programme, worth €17.5 billion (US$23 billion), failed to meet some of its main goals, a new report finds.

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