Scientists Brace for a Lost Generation in American Research

Private funding isn't enough to offset the president's proposed budget cuts, they say.

Alan: Over a decade ago, friend Dan K., M.D. --- who headed a Duke University cancer research lab before moving to the private sector --- complained of a lost generation of scientists, saying it had become so difficult to fund science projects "over time" that many American researchers were joining European labs to settle into a work environment that provided dependble funding, and thus a dependable living.

Oscar Wilde put it well: "Americans no the price of everything and the value of nothing."

"The European Union Is Recruiting Researchers"

Austerity, Economic Anorexia And The Advisability Of Vigorous Infrastructure Spending