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Government funding of science and a proposal/grant system. Senior people spend a lot of time writing proposals, and need underlings to do the leg work. They als
by xqcgrek2 5y ago
Government funding of science and a proposal/grant system. Senior people spend a lot of time writing proposals, and need underlings to do the leg work. They also have to be politically savvy so their peers don't reject their proposals.
- btrettel 5y agoTo expand on this, before World War II, there was far less federal funding for science, and I don't think university faculty had the need to bring in external funding that they do now. I don't know the history of requirements that faculty bring in funding, however. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45556/