The directors of 27 research centers, including the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB, state the alarming situation of Spanish scientific research in a letter published by EL PAÍS.
“The prolonged period of reduction and freezing of public funds has reached a point of almost no return that, if not resolved in the short term, threatens to completely collapse the Spanish scientific system”
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