Nonprofit organization funds young scientists’ research
AUG 13, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024583
Chronicle of Higher Education : For a variety of reasons, the grant-giving system in the US favors established researchers. The median age of the recipients of major research grants from the National Institutes of Health is 42. To help young scientists start research programs, David Vitrant, a Pittsburgh-based former genetics researcher, founded Fund Science . As the Chronicle‘s Sophia Li reports, Fund Science works as a charity. The public makes donations, which Fund Science distributes via a competitive application system to researchers.
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