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Europe lines up hefty science-funding hike

Nature volume 475, pages 14–15 (2011)Cite this article

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Farm subsidies trimmed to enable a 45% rise for research.

Like many governing bodies, the European Union (EU) has entered an era of austerity, with one striking exception: scientific research. Under a proposal released on 29 June by the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, spending on research and innovation would rise by about 45%, from €55 billion (US$80 billion) over the current 2007–13 period to €80 billion in 2014–20. A reduction in farm subsidies would help to pay for science, and spending in other major areas of the €1-trillion budget would remain flat (see 'Innovative thinking').

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Macilwain, C. Europe lines up hefty science-funding hike. Nature 475, 14–15 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/475014a

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