Salaries for materials scientists are comparable to those for
the other physical sciences: pretty good in both academia and in industry.
Biophysics, discipline concerned with the application of the principles and methods of physics and
the other physical sciences to the solution of biological problems.
When analyzing research projects listed in the NCI Funded Research Portfolio database my team found that the combined research funding dedicated toward this initiative and
other physical sciences - based cancer research only accounts for less than one percent of the annual research budget of the National Cancer Institute.