Scientists are excited by the promise for basic science.
"It is sometimes very difficult with patients to get across to them this need for basic science, for fundamental discoveries, to enable us to derive appropriate therapies.
Nor should any other "benefit" be found for basic science - this, neuroscientists, is permission for you to be loud and proud (or should that be louder and prouder).
My even more famous Manchester colleague Brian Cox has also been arguing persuasively for enhanced funding for basic science, most recently in his Faraday lecture.
His enthusiasm for basic science encouraged Lucille P. Markey, one of the prominent clients of his law firm, Steel Hector & Davis, to become a benefactor of many research institutions, including this one.
The EPSRC's focus on asking scientists to predict the impact of their research, in line with wider government policy, does raise legitimate questions about the future of funding for basic science that may have unexpected spinoffs.
"If you take the hustler or entrepreneurial approach, you can raise 25k for basic science research".
Now there is growing bipartisan support in Congress for basic science.
Medicine has, in some cases, set the agenda for basic science.
Although the overall budget for TÜBİTAK has expanded, the proportion for basic science has shrunk.
"It will be a tragedy for the world if we don't leave room for basic science".
