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If research was better paid, more people would be researchers. So more money is needed. As much as I'd like to do my share in X, if I can't make a living of i
by AYBABTME 14y ago
If research was better paid, more people would be researchers. So more money is needed.
As much as I'd like to do my share in X, if I can't make a living of it, I won't dedicate my whole life to it. Some will, but many won't.
- dreoe 14y agoAnd if it didn't require 12 hours a week (or some similarly horrible figure) writing grant proposals instead of doing actual research
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoThere's really no way around the need for written grant proposals, so the solution seems like "research teams should allocate a decent wage for a good grantwriter". Surely there are talented technical writers out there who would happily join with these noble causes, if only the jobs were there (and financially viable for the writer).