%X Efforts toward European research and development (R&D) integration have a long history, intensifying with the Fifth Framework Programme (FP) in 1998 (1?3) and the launch of the European Research Area (ERA) initiative at the Lisbon European Council in 2000. A key component of the European Union (EU) strategy for innovation and growth (4, 5), the ERA aims to overcome national borders through directed funding, increased mobility, and streamlined innovation policies.
%L eprints1474
%A Alessandro Chessa
%A Andrea Morescalchi
%A Fabio Pammolli
%A Orion Penner
%A Alexander M. Petersen
%A Massimo Riccaboni
%I American Association for the Advancement of Science
%P 650-651
%T Is Europe Evolving Toward an Integrated Research Area?
%V 339
%J Science
%R 10.1126/science.1227970
%N 6120
%D 2013