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The British government has announced a 15 percent increase in public funding for research and development as part of its 2020 budget in a move that was generally welcomed by scientists, Science reported yesterday (March 12). The boost, which represents the largest-ever year-over-year increase in R&D funding, is to be followed by further injections of money over the next three years, including £800 million for an agency modeled after DARPA in the US. Full details of how the money is to be used won’t be available until the government’s spending review later this year.
“In a welcome move, the Government has supercharged public investment in science, delivering investment faster and further than it had promised,” Sarah Main, the executive director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, says in a statement. “This investment has the potential to accelerate the Government’s efforts to tackle challenges such as ...
