Science|Business
Policy Analysis: Investment, Policy
Published: 26 April 2012
Danes urge ‘Excellence’ as basis for future research grants

Richard L. Hudson, Science|Business

The debate over Horizon 2020 funding heats up, with publication of a Danish ‘declaration’ on the importance of funding excellent science


Morten Østergaard, Danish Minister for Science, Innovation and Higher Education

Politics is often conducted through code words - and the current European Union debate over the future of its proposed €80 billion R&D funding programmes is no exception. Thus, at a conference in Aarhus, Denmark last week, the Danish Presidency of the EU publicised a declaration on the importance of one word - ‘Excellence’ - in funding science.

The EU, as it considers legislation for its Horizon 2020 R&D plan, must “maintain excellence as the...

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Related subjects: Denmark, European Research Council, Excellence, Horizon 2020

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