TY - JOUR
AB - NEWS funding by KBN. Karczewski is quick to dismiss any Hard times for Polish suggestion that KBN - which is domi­ nated by researchers from academic insti­ tutions - is unfairly targeting industrial industrial researchers research for cuts. In a market economy, industrial research should be paid for by • Government science funding overhauled its users, he says: if a particular industry • Basic research fares well by comparison requires research denied funding by KBN, Warsaw government, after October's inconclusive then it should finance the work. Frackowiak believes that, under the Com­ PoLAND's industrial researchers, accus- elections. munist regime, less than 30 per cent of tomed to guaranteed state subsidies, will The Sejm, the lower house of the par­ state-supported industrial research was next year come face to face with the harsh liament, will try to appoint a prime minis­ tailored to meet industry's needs. To illus­ reality of market economics. With the en- ter on 5 December. One fear is that the tire Polish budget for scientific research in wheeler-dealing may result in the gift of trate his point, he describes the develop­ the hands of a single powerful committee Karczewski's job- which carries minis­ ment by one 
TI - Nature Genetics
JF - Nature
DO - 10.1038/354341c0
DA - 1991-12-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/nature-genetics-IOOhrn9fXP
SP - 341
EP - 341
VL - 354
IS - 6352
DP - DeepDyve
ER -