Trends in research funding
NOV 01, 1974
Annual funding for physics is leveling off at about the same fraction of GNP in each country, with the outlook bleak for future increases; however, job security for individuals is good compared with the US.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3128983
First we must remind ourselves that there is no such thing as “European physics.” The various countries of Europe are of course not politically united, and they have different science policies. But the pattern of funding in the various countries has gone through cycles that have been quite similar although not simultaneous.
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Pierre Aigrain, Thompson‐Brandt Corporation, Paris.
© 1974 American Institute of Physics
