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Research funding: Patience is a virtue

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Public investment in science and technology is critical for meeting future energy needs, although understanding its impact has remained unclear. Now, an analysis of publications resulting from government funding sheds light on its outcomes and the timescales required to see them.

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Figure 1: Total public energy R&D budget, in 2014 US dollars and purchasing power parity, for International Energy Agency member countries.

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  1. Joëlle Noailly is at the Centre for International Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Petal 1, 8th floor, Case Postale 136, CH-1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland.,

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Noailly, J. Research funding: Patience is a virtue. Nat Energy 1, 16038 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2016.38

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