This week in Nations in brief: Germany’s research gets 11% budget increase; Spain selects ‘science cities’; Germany backs binding climate agreement; Bayreuth university refutes bias claims; Sarkozy calls for ‘less naïve’ space policy; French literature professor wins €100,000.
Germany’s research gets 11% budget increase
Germany’s research and education ministry will get a budget increase of 11 per cent for 2012, bringing the total budget that year to €12.9 billion. The money will largely go towards initiatives that the government says have shown promise, including the Hochschulpakt 2020 (Higher education pact), the Excellence Initiative and the Pact for Research and Innovation.
This article on Research Professional News is only available to Research Professional or Pivot-RP users.
Research Professional users can log in and view the article via this link
Pivot-RP users can log in and view the article via this link.