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Canadian science wins billions in new budget

Researchers pleased with unfettered funding for granting councils.
  1. Brian Owens
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration released its 2018 budget on 27 February and scientists couldn’t be happier. It includes almost Can$4 billion (US$3.1 billion) in new funding for science over the next five years, a significant portion of which will go to the country’s three granting councils. This is in contrast to the Can$1 billion in new science funding contained in last year's budget — almost none of which went to basic research.

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Nature 555, 153 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02529-6

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  • Update 28 February 2018: This story has been updated with comments from Tina Gruosso, vice president of communications for Science & Policy Exchange in Montreal.

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