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Fundamental science is a gamble. Scientists set out on projects in pursuit of knowledge, hoping to answer questions that no one has answered before. But in 2007 the EU decided it would give billions to the pursuit. Fifteen years on, the European Research Council (ERC) can justly claim to be doing well. Last week, three scientists who have received ERC funding won Nobel prizes.
Research leaders have this week put their weight behind a manifesto calling for moves to make research careers more attractive in a bid to stop the brain drain away from science.
The former president of the European Research Council (ERC) is sounding an alarm that the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt Europe’s supply of scientific talent.
“I fear that we could be facing a moment where we are going to lose three or four years of young researchers, because a number of them turn away saying there’s too much uncertainty, they’ve not been treated well, and so on. That’s the basis for my plea,” Jean-Pierre Bourguignon told Science|Business.