The process of acquiring funding in the biomedical sciences is
different for young investigators now than it was for Johnson in the 1970s, partly because of changes in NIH policy.
Not exact matches
Firstly, we fund scientific research in a truly global context in the form of grants
for international collaborations between two to four labs in
different countries (and with high priority given to teams on
different continents), with both a special programme
for Young Investigators and programme grants
for scientists at any stage of their careers.
But another possible reason few people speak out is that
young scientists are very busy, generally impecunious, and bereft of organizations to defend their economic interests, which are
different from those of the universities and senior
investigators who dominate the organizations that speak
for science.