Tag Archives: funding

Persevering against all odds is NOT the way forward

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

Beware of the hype.. Most of us love a good old perseverance, against all odds, pulling yourself up by your boot straps story. And there are thousands of them about scientific people – some apocryphal, some mythological and some of … Continue reading →

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Science funding, where do we go from here???

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

Science needs a Saatchi! Whether you supported the Lib Dems or Labour, or even the Conservatives things are looking pretty dire for science funding. As the New Scientist says in the elections ‘Science is the Loser’. Science is, or rather … Continue reading →

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Should scientific funding really be MORE elite?

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

or how to creatively hamstring scientific progress…. Funding the scientifically elite is fundamentally short sighted. The new (or almost new) head of the Royal Society in Britain, Sir Paul Nurse, wants to reform scientific funding – joy! Something does need … Continue reading →

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