Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding

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With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.

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  1. Gerald Schweiger

    1. Gerald Schweiger is a professor at the Technical University of Vienna, researching intelligent systems and meta-science.

Competition is a constant fixture of academic life. We compete for positions, promotions, publications and presentations. And we also compete for money, a necessary requirement if we are to continue taking part in the academic endeavour.

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The author declares no competing interests.