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Mar 23, DOE Secretary of Energy Steven Chu laid out a plan for spend $1.2 billion of the $1.6 billion that the $787 billion stimulus bill provides DOE’s Office of Science. Most of that money will pay for upgraded buildings and equipment at the national laboratories.

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the UK funding agency for research in the life sciences. Sponsored by Government, BBSRC annually invests around £420 million in a wide range of research that makes a significant contribution to the quality of life for UK citizens and supports a number of important industrial stakeholders including the agriculture, food, chemical, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. BBSRC carries out its mission by funding internationally competitive research, providing training in the biosciences, fostering opportunities for knowledge transfer and innovation and promoting interaction with the public and other stakeholders on issues of scientific interest in universities, centres and institutes.