Recent data suggests that scientists from past Eastern-bloc countries that are now EU members are increasing their use of the EU’s funding programs, such as the €12.5 billion ($27.1 billion) Seventh Framework Program (FP7), which extends from 2007 to 2013. During the Soviet era, these countries’ universities and research institutes were kept apart and grants […]
One of the focuses of Australia’s recently released budget for 2008–2009 is the renovation of research institutions and new research grants. The new AUS$11 billion ($10.5 billion) Education Investment Fund, the successor to the country’s Higher Education Fund, will be used to repair universities and research facilities. The new Health and Hospital Fund will focus […]
France’s research minister, Valerie Pecresse, announced on May 21 that France’s main research agency, the Centre National de la Recherhe Scientifique (CNRS), will be split into six specialized institutes. They will focus on mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering sciences, social sciences and ecology. The remaining sectors will be supervised by existing agencies: INSERM will take over […]
Brazil: From 2000 to 2006, the Brazilian government’s investment in nanotechnology research amounted to BRL 170.2 million ($81.5 million). Current funding includes BRL 58.6 million for the 2005–2009 National Nanotechnology Program and BRL 215 million for Millennium institutes and microelectronics research. Nanotech research in Brazil is almost entirely publicly funded and is organized by networks […]
India: India’s clinical trials and research market is expected to increase to $1.5–$2 billion by 2010. In 2006, the market grew over 65%, and is currently worth approximately $300 million. Of the 139 clinical trials outsourced to the country, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson&Johnson outsourced 22 trials each, Eli Lilly and Bristol-Myers Squibb outsourced 17 each, and […]
Japan: Japan’s recent experience, in which Chinese-manufactured, pesticide-laden gyoza poisoned 10 citizens, has prompted the government to restructure the inspection and labeling of imported and processed foods. Food inspection will now include tests for agricultural chemical residues, specifically organophosphorous pesticides. Such testing may prove difficult as Japan currently does not specify maximum residue limits for […]
Government: The US government’s expansion of DNA collection to include everyone arrested for violation of a federal law is expected to further burden federal labs. One million additional profiles are expected to be added as a result. In response, the FBI has allocated an extra $2 million to its budget. State labs have also been […]
Set to launch at the end of this year, a Chinese research program on genetically modified (GM) crops could receive $1.4 billion dollars from the government over the next five years. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), 114.3 million hectares of GM crops were planted worldwide in 2007, an […]
R&D spending may be on the rise in Turkey due to a new measure that lets companies deduct all of their R&D spending from their tax base until 2024, an increase from the previously allowed 40% tax deduction. The law was passed to stimulate exports of technological products and to attract multinational R&D. To be […]
Uganda’s parliament is set to review the country’s first National Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy, which was passed by the nation’s cabinet on April 2. Along with granting commercialization rights to GM crops, if passed, the law could regulate medical diagnostics, industrial microbiology and biochemical engineering. However, the approval for research of GM crops has been […]
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