University of Rochester Medical Center
Study: Growth in research comes at a steep price
Published in Blood Weekly, January 29th, 2009
A study released this month confirms and quantifies what many medical school deans and financial administrators have long understood: Basic science research can be an expensive luxury. The study, which was conducted by the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, found that the school had to add 40 cents to every dollar of external grant support received by newly recruited scientists in order to achieve financial equilibrium. This is in contrast to support required for established scientists, which is considerably less.
"The benefit of research, both to an institution and society, is greater than the sum of the parts," said David Guzick, M.D., Ph.D.,...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-01-29)
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