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. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):120-2.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.402813.AD.

Getting the best from research funding

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PMID: 18202063
PMCID: PMC2206262
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39454.402813.AD

Getting the best from research funding

Geoff Watts. BMJ. 2008.

. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):120-2.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39454.402813.AD.

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¹ geoff@scileg.freeserve.co.uk

PMID: 18202063
PMCID: PMC2206262
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39454.402813.AD

Abstract

It is just over a year since David Cooksey published his plans to reform UK research funding. Geoff Watts reports on how the ideas are working

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Competing interests: None declared.

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