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In his Commentary 'Europe's research system must change' (Nature 452, 935–936; 2008), Luke Georghiou urges reforms to the European Commission’s research system, criticizing the present Framework Programmes for their many small and very loosely connected projects.

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   Josef Settele, Joachim Spangenberg & Ingolf Kühn

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2. Joachim Spangenberg
3. Ingolf Kühn

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Settele, J., Spangenberg, J. & Kühn, I. Large projects can create useful partnerships.Nature 453, 850 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453850b

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• Published: 11 June 2008
• Issue date: 12 June 2008
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