Getting in the frame

Article Abstract:

The conditions for the European Union (EU)-funded research and the bureaucracy involved in obtaining the funds for scientific research are discussed. The EU grant provides intellectual freedom and the Marie Claire excellence grants are awarded to those research teams working on cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research in an EU state or associated country.

Europe, Science and technology policy, European Union

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Passive-smoking study faces review

Article Abstract:

The University of California is debating on banning research grants from tobacco companies, thereby starting an independent review of a controversial 2003 report that contested the dangers of second-hand smoke. The critics of tobacco grants believe that the university policies are not sufficient for dealing with the influence of tobacco money.

California, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, Tobacco farms, Health aspects, Tobacco industry, Passive smoking

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A new silver age?

Article Abstract:

The new government of the country has to face the challenge of maintaining and modernizing the Spanish science and research community. The scientists are expecting a new silver age that will symbolize the scientific progress of the country, similar to the one that was stopped by the Spanish Civil War.

Spain, Social policy

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