European research. Framework 6 debut prompts calls for a better approach.

Abstract

EUROPEAN RESEARCHResearchers have become increasingly frustrated by what they see as the influence of politics in the decisions of the European Union's Framework Programme, which is preparing to begin a new 5-year funding cycle. But they've never had an alternative. A meeting last month of 200 research managers to discuss establishing a European Research Council provided them with a forum to discuss a better way to fund basic research.