Most Scientists Say Finding Federal Funding Harder Today % of AAAS scientists saying that compared wwithfive years ago funding in their specialty compared areafrom each source is aaas scientists survey Sept 11- Oct. 13, 2014. Q9-11 Those
Fully 83% of AAAS scientists report that obtaining federal research funding is harder today than it was five years ago. More than four-in-ten say the same about industry funding (45%) and private foundation funding (45%) compared with five years ago. Further, when asked to consider each of seven potential issues as a “serious problem for conducting high quality research today,” fully 88% of AAAS scientists say that a lack of funding for basic research is a serious problem, substantially more than any of the other issues considered.
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