Commission launches call for NEST Pathfinder proposals
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 The European Commission has launched an open call for proposals for new and emerging science and technology (NEST) - Pathfinder - under the 'anticipating scientific and...
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Point and shoot
Paris, 17 Dec 2003 Any football or rugby fan knows that when a player kicks the ball, there is no longer anything they can do to influence its path. The player must trust to their own skill for the...
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Prince stands accused in honours row Honours for leading scientists involved in animal experiments and GM crop research have been blocked because of the influence of the Prince of Wales, it is...
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Revised text of Proposed Council Directive (Euratom) on the Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Radioactive Waste (link)
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 16159/03 Suite of documents 16159/03 No. Cion prop.: No prev. doc.: 8990/03 ATO 95 ENER 132 14693/03 ATO 200 ENER 304 ENV 611 Subject: Proposal for a...
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Busquin calls on medical researchers to create a forum
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has invited the opinions of the research community on the contributions that a forum on academic medical research could make to...
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Industry workshop on new technologies for waste water treatment
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 As its closing event, the Fifth Framework Programme project METASEP is organising an industry information workshop in Saarbrücken, Germany, on 20 February 2004, to present its...
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Amendments to INCO calls for proposals
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 The European Commission has published amendments to five INCO calls for proposals. FP6-2002-INCO-DEV/SSA-1 The budget for 2004 has been fixed at 1.9 million euro (0.95 million...
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International cooperation with developing countries - call for proposals
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for specific targeted research projects and coordination actions for developing countries under the Sixth Framework...
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International cooperation with Mediterranean countries - call for proposals
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for specific targeted research projects and coordination actions - Mediterranean Partner Countries under the 'specific...
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International cooperation with Russia and other NIS - call for proposals
Brussels, 17 Dec 2003 The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for specific targeted research projects and coordination actions - Russia and other newly independent States (NIS)...
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British Museum grant to boost ties with Africa The prime minister, Tony Blair, last night announced a £500,000 grant to the British Museum to fund a five-year project celebrating the link between...
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Government must act now to save science The government must act now to tackle the "plummeting popularity" of the sciences in schools and universities, Sir Alistair MacFarlane, chair of the Royal...
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Embryonic stem cell research is 'a moral imperative', says German academy
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 Embryonic stem cell research is not only morally admissible, but may be a moral imperative, according to a report published by Europäische Akademie, a German foundation for the...
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Studying science linked to higher earnings
Brussels, 16 Dec 2003 A UK report has found that students specialising in science before going to university are likely to have the highest salaries later on in their careers. The finding was the...
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EC-USA scientific cooperation
Strasbourg, 16 Dec 2003 Luis BERENGUER FUSTER (PES, E) Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement for scientific and...