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Correspondence
Nature 396, 12 (5 November 1998) | doi:10.1038/23794
Generation of young scientists in peril
Stephanie Seiler1 & Keith Alverson2
- Noonan/Russo Communications, 220 Fifth Avenue, New York 10001, USA
- Past Global Changes International Project Office, Bern, Switzerland
As a former scientist married to someone who is in his second year of a postdoctoral fellowship, I could not agree more with John Moore's comments on the sad state of funding for young scientists in the United States (Nature 395, 431; 1998). I suspect that the career situation for scientists will get worse before it gets better, resulting in the frustration and demoralization of a generation of bright young people.
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