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A tribute to the ERC—long live basic research
Author(s) -
Hanski Ilkka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2012.64
Subject(s) - basic research , tribute , political science , computer science , library science , law
In the five years since its creation, the European Research Council has had a major influence on the support for and quality of basic research in Europe. It does not, however, solve the underlying problem that basic research remains under‐appreciated.