Germany aims for competitive equality
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Germany's Social Democrat-Green government has made a commitment to increasing funding for scientific research. The GABI plant genome programme will receive DM5 million in 1999 and between DM20 million and DM25 million in 2000, while the three winners of the BioRegio competition, in which regions vie with each other for special access to part of the biotechnology budget, will gain access to an additional DM150 million from 1999 to 2003. The government will give special support to women in science and to the promotion of young scientists.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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New DFG head vows to back Germany's young scientists - and genetics research
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New Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Pres Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker feels that the entrenched traditional hierarchical nature of German science has negative repercussions. He believes that the DFG, Germany's research council, is in very good shape, but would like to see improvements in many areas of policy. He is particularly eager to develop the DFG's programmes for young scientists. He will also consider whether the many DFG specialist review committees could be scaled down or restructured.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Germany says it will come on board Earth observation mission
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Germany is to participate in the European Space Agency's (ESA's) optional Earth observation and launcher development programmes. The amount it will be contributing is to be negotiated at a meeting of European space ministers. Germany research minister Edelgard Bulmahn has also announced an increase in the overall German space budget. ESA hopes to raise 759 million euros for the optional Earth observation programme.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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