US university hopes for better access to European funding, building on existing joint programmes with France
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The University of Chicago has nearly tripled the size of its Paris campus, adding a new research institute. It hopes to access more European funding as a result.
Despite the rise of China as a scientific power and Europe’s declining share of global academic papers, the university’s top international collaborators remain European.
“We decided to [. . .] expand because of the increase in collaboration with European partners,” said Ka Yee Christina Lee, Chicago’s executive vice president for strategic initiatives. “It’s very exciting.”
Dignitaries cut the ribbon on the John W Boyer Center in Paris last November, building on a presence in the French capital that goes back two decades. Named after Chicago’s…
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