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Commentary
Nature 449, 141-142 (13 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449141a; Published online 12 September 2007
Universities and the money fix
Brian C. Martinson1
- Brian C. Martinson is at HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440-1524, USA.
Abstract
Funding woes plague US biomedical researchers. But calls for more funding ignore the structural problems that push universities to produce too many scientists, argues Brian C. Martinson.
Federal funding for biomedical research is a substantial investment in the US science community. Earlier this year, representatives of several major research universities testified before Congress and issued a report arguing that the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, is insufficient to sustain "a strong and vibrant program of basic research"1.
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