The loss is the second major blow to basic research in developmental disorders in just the past several months.
The Pentagon is the nation's major funder of basic research at universities in a number of fields, including computer science, mathematics, and some engineering disciplines.
As Science magazine reported in March 2006 (subscription required), the plan specifies 16 major initiatives, including basic research projects in protein science, quantum physics, nanotechnology, and developmental and reproductive science.
Therefore, the definition of novel targeted vulnerabilities in MM biology remains a major basic and clinical research goal.
Thus, understanding the mechanisms involved in the control of tumour growth and the development of chemopreventive agents are major goals of basic research in oncology.
Between his Ph.D. and his postdoc in Lund, Sweden, he worked as a staff scientist at Novozymes, and says his work there became a major focus of his basic research at Aarhus University.
A major challenge of homeopathic basic research is to develop test systems that yield consistent results.
In decades past, the government was the major source of money for basic research, giving it ready access to the best scientific minds.
It provided about one quarter of total federal support of basic scientific research at academic institutions, making it a major source for funding in basic research in the United States.
ERAB also proposes spending half of the E.U.'s science budget on basic research, a major increase from the roughly 15% in Framework Programme 7 (FP7), the funding program that dominates E.U. research spending via multi-national collaborations.
