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Nature Medicine 8, 1339 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nm1202-1339a

FP6 brings bigger funds and some confusion

Bea Perks1

  1. London

November 11 saw the long-awaited launch of Europe's Sixth Framework Program for Research (FP6), which will determine European Union research spending over the next five years. Although FP6 funds all scientific research, genomics and 'biotechnology for health' are priority themes, and these areas have been awarded a record budget of 2.