The research system is composed of researchers, their groups, university departments, research units and networks, stations and laboratories.
Thanks to this " compromise," the morality of the research system is safe: Because the foreign researchers are not supposed to stay, one cannot say that insecure employment among young researchers is encouraged.
The Federación de Jóvenes Investigadores (FJI, Young Researchers Federationn) is a nationwide organisation formed in April 2000 by local associations composed of researchers that have no stable position in the research system.
Worse, given the existing saturation at the top of the research system, the fear is that under the new scheme researchers will reach the age of 40 with no contract or further opportunities.
Overall the actual levels of funding aren't as important as how well the research system is aligned with society's needs.
It is of course legitimate for ministers to ask tough questions about the way the research system is organised.
James Wilsdon is on Twitter as @jameswilsdon There will be relief in the research system that the science budget hasn't been cut.
George Osborne remains broadly supportive of science, but BIS's role as a champion of the research system can no longer be assumed.
It can be a challenge for scientific advisors to extend the same commitment to impartial evidence to the management of the research system that they bring to other areas of policy.
"I was concerned that Harvard was going to relax its guidelines," said Dr. Angell, who last week wrote a withering critique of the research system, saying science was being compromised by the growing influence of industry money.
In the case of China, this evidence is not necessarily consistent with other analyses of the Chinese research system, where problems of excessive bureaucracy and poor coordination in the research system have been identified.
