Agencies are less likely to fund studies that straddle multiple fields, a study of Australian grants finds.
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Bromham, L., Dinnage, R. & Hua, X. Nature 534, 684–687 (2016).
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Bozhkova, E. Interdisciplinary proposals struggle to get funded. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20189
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