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Austrian Government Program Promoting Researchers: Universities Between Approval and Criticism
The new government program presented by the ÖVP, SPÖ, and NEOS has caused mixed reactions in the science and higher education community. While the research community is positive about the plans to strengthen research funding and innovation promotion, universities are warning of problematic changes to the higher education sector.
While research funding is being strengthened, universities are warning of problematic decisions in the new government program. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0
The commitment to increase the research quota to four percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 was received particularly positively. The current ratio is 3.34 percent. Heinz Faßmann, President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), welcomed this development and emphasized that central demands of the scientific community had been taken into account.
He also welcomed…
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