Economic divide taking toll on European science

Economic divide taking toll on European science - Colin Macilwain, 07 January 2015, Nature v. 517

Just before Christmas, European Union (EU) legislators delivered an unexpected bonus for European scientists: a generous 2015 budget for the flagship Horizon 2020 funding programme. The scheme, which runs from 2014 to 2020, seems to have wind in its sails, and has already proved immensely popular with researchers.