The scientific enterprise must change: A conversation on systemic flaws in biomedical research
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 06:30
in Mathematics & Economics
That funding for basic science research in the U.S. is bordering on crisis is hardly news to any researcher submitting grant applications today. While the future of funding is unclear, there is no compelling reason to believe it will ever return to the explosive growth witnessed in recent decades. As such, many believe that the scientific enterprise—the very culture in academia of how we train scientists and run laboratories—is unsustainable.