Published: 16 February 2012
America's pre-eminence in science at risk, AAAS chief warns
Science|Business
Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, caused a stir at February’s EU ministerial conference in Copenhagen, with a hard-hitting speech on the state of US science. America's scientific eminence, 'is at risk' he said.
Alan I. Leshner, CEO of the AAAS
Alan Leshner, the CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, gave a hard-hitting assessment of the state of US science at the EU ministerial conference held in Copenhagen on February 1. America's scientific eminence, he said, 'is at risk' due to tight budgets. This, coming in the midst of an EU debate over research funding as part of the Commission's proposed €80 billion Horizon 2020 programme, took many EU officials by surprise: Perhaps...
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