if it was up to me I would close down 90% of labs randomly [to be fair] and remaining 10% of random labs will be still sufficient to generate all the necessary advances.
-
-
-
Shutting dowm so much laboratories would mean requiring fewer people to review and blog about research, what do you think?
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Also ICYMI, del Alamo, from the EMBO program, drew similar conclusions reviewing the efficency of their second peer-review step for the postdoc funding selection.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/12/08/481655 …
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Not totally agreeing on "funding researchers based on past scientific success instead of proposals for future work." as one of their proposal says. This can easily fall in the raining in rich get richer scenario
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
This is very difficult. Public research funding follows generic public funding regulations, ie: competitive systems of a sort are a norm.
-
Problems are 1) in EU, national investments in R&D are extremely uneven. The EC is overwhelmed by proposals since EU funding is too often the only instrument for transversal research. Result: huge efforts & < 5% success in most calls. 2) Poor and non-instructive proposal reviews
- Show replies
New conversation -
-
-
Yes, its an old but good point that prizes should be more effective than grants, as its easier for evaluators to judge past work than future work.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Australia's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy stepped away from "beauty contest" approach to funding allocation, and it works.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.