“At a time when public budgets are very tight everywhere, the European Commission is proposing a major increase in expenditure on research, innovation and science. Speaking at the presentation of the 2012 Academy Gold Medals in Life Sciences and the Humanities in Dublin today, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, said there were very sound economic arguments for increased funding …” (more)
[Science.ie, 30 November]