Diverse fisheries require diverse solutions

The experimental program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) was designed to help U.S. states with limited facilities improve their research infrastructure in order to make them more competitive for nationwide grants, such as the R01. Twenty-seven states and territories (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) have been designated EPSCoR states (1). In a recent Letter (“Declines in NIH R01 research grant funding,” 10 October 2008, p. 189), H. G. Mandel and E. S. Vesell presented the current funding statistics for R01 grants. These findings and other changes in policy (2) demonstrate the difficulty in getting R01 grants funded in the current climate. The existing funding situation encourages investigators from EPSCoR states to take their R01 grants and leave for better institutions because better institutions have the resources to obtain new R01 grants and renew R01 grants. How can institutions in EPSCoR states retain their scientists with R01 grants under these difficult conditions? It may be necessary to offer extremely competitive financial packages to scientists from elsewhere with R01s or to change the promotion and tenure policies. Perhaps scientists who have R01s could receive early promotion and tenure, or the tenure clock could be extended to give scientists more time to obtain an R01.

• Fecha de publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/27535
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.323.5912.338; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27535
• Palabra clave: Stimulate Competitive Research; Grants; Multispecies fisheries restrictions
• License: Restringido (Acceso a grupos específicos)