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Science 3 May 1996:
Vol. 272. no. 5262, pp. 645 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5262.645
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News & Comment

Dennis Normile

Tokyo--A new program, dubbed Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, is intended to give Japanese scientists a free hand to pursue large, ambitious, and somewhat risky projects with a huge potential payoff. Some 54 scientists have received the 5-year grants, worth up to $10 million, in the first wave of what Japan hopes will grow to 250 projects with an annual budget of half a billion dollars. The program is modeled after the Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology program, created 15 years ago by Genya Chiba as a way to break the mold in support for Japanese researchers.




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