Real scientists do proposals, not science

Oct. 21, 2010
Here's an interesting piece about what you're real job is when you are a scientist: writing grant proposals. If this piece is to be believed, most of the real creative thinking and analysis on scientific efforts these days is done by grad students. The ...

Here's an interesting piece about what you're real job is when you are a scientist: writing grant proposals. If this piece is to be believed, most of the real creative thinking and analysis on scientific efforts these days is done by grad students. The prof is too busy writing grant proposals to do much real work on the actual project.

The problem seems to be that universities look at scientists as rain makers first, researchers second. So a lot of time gets burned up robo-submitting grant proposals.

And you wonder why our science and technology position in the U.S. is deteriorating.......

http://chronicle.com/article/Science-by-Proxy/124921/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

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Leland was Editor-in-Chief of Machine Design. He has 34 years of Service and holds a B.S. Engineering from the University of Michigan, a B.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan;, and a MBA from Cleveland State University. Prior to joining Penton, Lee worked as a Communications design engineer for the U.S. Government.

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