UK launches scheme to lure scientists from industry to academe

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UK Science and Innovation Minister Paul Drayson: Keep talented people in the science base.

Research Councils UK launched a scheme to help universities and research institutions fill skills gaps with scientists who have proven track records in industry and business. Funding of up to £5 million is being made available to recruit people into senior research and technology transfer.

The Skills Gap Awards, to be administrated via the Medical Research Council, will apply to a range of sectors from which it has traditionally been hard to recruit.

The government is supporting the scheme as part of wider measures to...

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