Mapping the landscape of research funding
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 09:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—It usually goes unspoken, but science research is highly resource dependent. Working scientists are largely preoccupied with applying for grants, deepening their networks, enhancing ties with funding organizations, and assembling research collaboratives that are likely to attract funding. All of this is directly orthogonal to the practice of science, and comprises a host of skills not normally addressed by science training that early-career research scientists have to master.