ERC a bureaucratic ménage a trois, Nowotny tells MEPs

ERC a bureaucratic ménage a trois, Nowotny tells MEPs - 15 April 2010 Science Business

There is a “birth defect” in the governance structure of the European Research Council (ERC), its new scientific head Helga Nowotny told MEPs last week. The scientific council has no legal status, posing a threat to its relationship with the executive agency, and the role and remit of its parent directorate general is ambiguous. “It’s a ménage a trois,” Nowotny said.