The hubs, enthusiastically endorsed by my colleague Tom Friedman, are centers where leading scientists and engineers can drop long - term work and focus intensively, with five years or more in funding, in theory,
on specific areas of research that could lead to substantial breakthroughs.
Some authors are looking
for specific areas of research, such as the accuracy of the inner circle of the Ottoman Empire, others are looking for everything such as «Character, Overall, Setting, Proofreading, Voice / Tone, Plot.»
I don't think what we're doing is any different from what's already being done — foundations are always giving money to
specific areas of research.
Significantly fewer supervisors felt that learning how to write grants and obtain funding (36 percent), developing new research skills (35 percent), gaining a deep knowledge of
a specific area of research (32 percent), and learning to manage or supervise others (23 %) were among the top attributes important for a successful postdoc experience.
«It's easy to want to focus on
your specific area of research on your resume, but most workplaces want to see what skills you have, rather than your expertise in one small area of research,» Fisher says.
Specific areas of research:
As a donor to Wistar, you can support
a specific area of research, our endowment, and special projects.