By Jane Marshall. French President François Hollande has announced funding of €2 billion (US$2.7 billion) for the creation of new regional university research centres, under a second wave of ‘Initiatives of Excellence’, or Idex. Speaking at ISIS, the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires at the University of Strasbourg, Hollande also promised to protect spending on public research, in spite of the government’s obligation to make economies of €50 billion in the next three years. More...
