Young researchers from the KNAW (royal academy of science) have written to the cabinet urging ministers to rethink their new strategy for funding academic research, saying it is short-sighted.

Ministers plan to focus annual spending of €350m on research with commercial applications and focusing on nine specific areas of expertise: energy, market gardening, IT, logistics, water management, food agriculture, chemistry, life sciences and the creative industry.
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