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This kind of problems are present everywhere where empty headed suits allocate resources without a clue of the field.
by higerordermap 6y ago
This kind of problems are present everywhere where empty headed suits allocate resources without a clue of the field.
- knolan 6y agoI wouldn’t consider them empty headed, just focused on the cargo rather than funding good science. There is too much of a focus on ‘strategic plans’ and theme alignment because the circular reasoning tells them that pumping more money into an economically relevant area will make more jobs in that area. It just leads to recycling of ideas and instead of producing new science we become tax payer funded finishing schools for industry. My understanding is that there is frustration in the European Commission that H2020 has not produced more economic impact. Of course every proposal is going to promise transformative ideas because that’s what was listed as a requirement but when you fund low risk research spread across geographically and culturally diverse consortia you get the lowest common denominator output. My humble opinion is that you should fund more small scale projects and fewer big consortia. Let the risky ideas have a chance to publish and stop investing in rock stars.