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Nature Medicine 15, 723 (1 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nm0709-723a;

Australian funding overhaul set into motion

Simon Grose

Australian medical researchers are looking for a share of an unprecedented boost to public research funding as the Australian government responds to the global financial crisis. Australia's 2009–2010 federal spending on science and innovation will soar 25% year on year, a commitment welcomed by the Federation of Australians Scientific and Technological Societies, a research industry association, as “exceptional” and “well above expectations.

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