that's good news: the seventh european research framework programme will have twice as much money as last time: to some 30 billion euro.

the themes will be likely the same: life sciences, information sciences, nanosciences, aeronautics, food quality, energy and governance, but also two new ones: space science and security, writes nature and a. abbott adds:

The proposal still has to survive months of political wrangling that will follow its publication by the European Commission in April. But early indications of its content suggest that the form-filling requirements that irked researchers in previous programmes will not worsen significantly.

oh my!