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Bingo. While understandable, I fear the need to justify nearly all research by potential foreseeable gain limits our ability to invest in truly fundamental scie
by kaonwarb 6y ago
Bingo. While understandable, I fear the need to justify nearly all research by potential foreseeable gain limits our ability to invest in truly fundamental science.
- bonoboTP 6y agoWell, researchers have learned to play the game and with enough creativity you can make up potential applications for grant writing purposes.
- redis_mlc 6y agoThat's already a reality today. Try to get a follow-on grant after your previous grant didn't produce positive results. Science is both successful and failed experiments, but the latter isn't grant-worthy.
- wongarsu 6y agoYes, grant-style funding is really bad for basic research. For where larger institutes have the advantage: a few prestigious findings can bring the funding to do a lot of less glamorous stuff on the side.