Braben, Donald W. and Kimble, H. Jeff (2015) Innovative Science. . (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190502-112400625
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Sir, We write as senior scientists about a problem vital to the scientific enterprise and prosperity. Nowadays, funding is a lengthy and complex business. First, universities themselves must approve all proposals for submission. Funding agencies then subject those that survive to peer review, a process by which a few researchers, usually acting anonymously, assess a proposal's chances that it will achieve its goals, is the best value for money, is relevant to a national priority and will impact on a socio-economic problem. Only 25% of proposals received by the funding agencies are funded. These protracted processes force researchers to exploit existing knowledge, severely discourage open-ended studies and are hugely time-consuming. They are also new: before 1970, few researchers wrote proposals. Now they are virtually mandatory.
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||
Deposited On: | 02 May 2019 18:34 | ||||||
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