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Science 14 December 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5550, p. 2265
DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5550.2265d
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The European Union's (E.U.'s) Council of Research Ministers, meeting in Brussels on 10 December, has approved a $15.6 billion science budget for 2002-06--a 17% overall increase over the previous 4-year period. The Sixth Framework Program will include support for three new research areas: health-related research in genomics and biotech ($1.9 billion), nanotechnology ($1.2 billion), and food safety ($609 million). Andrea Dahman, spokesperson for E.U. research commissioner Philippe Busquin, expects the plan to win final approval soon from the European Parliament and the E.U.'s finance ministers. "We don't expect any major hiccups," she says.

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