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Science 12 January 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5246, p. 141
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5246.141
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News & Comment

Elizabeth Pennisi

Wellington, New Zealand--Four years ago, New Zealand reorganized its research establishment to give priority to studies likely to have industrial or social payoff. Basic research was given a relatively low priority, and academic research centers were squeezed. Recently, however, the government has swung the pendulum back a little by creating a new funding body for basic research, with a $4 million budget that is scheduled to grow to $15 million by 1997.




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