Science funding doesn't add up - The Irish Times - Mon, Jul 16. THE GOVERNMENT’S determination to squeeze a commercial return from the State’s investment in scientific research may have gone too far. Researchers are warning that the shift in emphasis could threaten the future of Irish science. Irish scientists attending the EuroScience Open Forum meeting in Dublin which closed yesterday were up in arms over fears that funding is drying up for far from market research in favour of near to market research activity.
They raised the issue at many of the events during Esof, and some of the speakers including Nobel laureates commented on the issue. The gathering row reached even as far as the premier event at the meeting, geneticist Craig Venter’s “What is Life?” Speech at Trinity, a reprise of one originally given in 1943 by Nobel winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. The argument focuses on the old chestnut about the balance between fundamental or basic research versus applied research.
Participation. Richard Sclove. Technology_assessment.pdf (application/pdf Object) In 1970 a radical document called The Sussex Manifesto helped shape modern thinking on science and technology for development. Forty years on, what kind of science and technology for development Manifesto is needed for today’s world? The STEPS Centre has created a new manifesto with one of the authors of the original, Professor Geoff Oldham. With cutting-edge ideas and some Southern perspectives, the New Manifesto will recommend new ways of linking science and innovation to development for a more sustainable, equitable and resilient future. » read more The multimedia version of the New Manifesto is illustrated with video, audio and other materials collected during the project, as well as relevant resources drawn from the work of other people and organisations. The Manifesto is available in various formats. You can view the multimedia version on this site, request a copy of it on CD, download a PDF of the printed version or order a copy from the bookshop. » read more.
Science and Church. Design of Cities. ICT Privacy. Social Robots. False economy : Nature. Back to the basics « Science Calling! An unofficial theme has become evident at ESOF over the past number of days. It was ignited by Jules Hoffmann during the first keynote speech which emphasised the importance of “work based purely on curiosity”. Since then, basic fundamental research has been highlighted repeatedly. This resounding message was acknowledged by the President of the Royal Irish Academy, Prof. Luke Drury. Yesterday he tweeted “Great to hear the strong support for the need to support fundamental and basic research in so many presentations at #ESOF2012”. This type of research is coined ‘frontier research’ by the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC has a number of funding schemes to encourage frontier science across Europe. —— At ESOF: Helga Nowotny, President ERC —— Credit: Maxwell’s Dublin So a lack of deliverables, milestones and results in advance is stimulating pioneering science but is this feasible at a national level?
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