Columbia University can't fire Dr. Robert Taub — who funneled cancer patients to disgraced politician Sheldon Silver in exchange for funding — so they've stripped the tenured
professor of his grant money, title and staff raises.
Not exact matches
The university is proud
of its top - three Australian ranking in its ability to secure research
grants, but one challenge remains — to secure
money that is untied,
Professor Schreuder says.
Assuming it's the former and not the latter, the research
of the new associate
professor has made some impact on the scientific community,
grant money is easier to come by, and the group is able to expand.
«This will cover an entire year's tuition, plus some book
money,» notes William Velez, a
professor of mathematics at the University
of Arizona in Tucson, which has received one
of the
grants.
CIHR said it would mitigate the bias against younger researchers by allocating them 15 %
of available Foundation
grants, yet they received just 4 %
of the
money awarded in the competition, adds Michael Hendricks, co-founder
of the Association
of Canadian Early Career Health Researchers and assistant
professor of biology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
I've seen
professors with 30 years experience blatantly plagiarize (actually photocopy) the works
of others so they could continue to get
grant money.
Research Assistant — College
professors (especially the busy ones with lots
of grant money) need smart, self starting assistants who can help them with... well, research.
It is a powerful convergence
of interests among a very large number
of elites, including politicians who want to make it seem as though they're saving the world, environmentalists who want to raise
money and get control over very large issues like our entire energy policy, media, for sensationalism, Universities and
professors for
grants... It is a kind
of nasty combination
of extreme political ideology and a religious cult all rolled into one, and it's taken over way too much
of our thought process and way too much
of our priorities.
When you talk about «well financed» forces impacting the debate and trying to hide the truth, you should be talking about all
of the university
professors collecting millions in government
grant money to «study the issue»... do you think they will ever come out and say there really isn't much impact on the world wide temperatures, which would cut off their well financed research and incomes???