How bad is the funding landscape for scientific research in the US? Bad enough that a research project can be good enough to win the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, but not good enough to get funding from the NIH (National Institutes of Health). The dearth of government support for science has been a source of dark gallows humor among young scientists for quite a while, but the fact that there is not enough funding to support even Nobel-worthy research solidly drives home the magnitude of the dilemma.
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Young scientists - "Could revolutionize", "Fails to update blog"
What to do? Science provides groundwork for innovation, but should facilitate the pathway to innovation. What we call "tech" is mainly iPhone apps. Need a way for scientists to stay in science, if not in academia. One route is independent researcher. Another would be entrepreneurship training. But if we really F**ing love science, one would think we'd be able to fund people to do it.
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