• Question: Where do you get the money from to get things e.g. equipment or chemicals and things you use?

    Asked by sorchandanniirock to Gioia, Iain, Jo, Leo, Mariam on 20 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Iain Moal

      Iain Moal answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      All the money for my resesarch comes from charity, so I have a lot of responsibility to make sure that I don’t waste resources and make sure that my time is spent wisely.

    • Photo: Joanna Watson

      Joanna Watson answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      The money from my projects either comes from Cancer Research UK (so all the money is from donations) or from the Medical Research Council (taxpayer money) and sometimes a little bit from the National Health Service (taxpayer again).

    • Photo: Mariam Orme

      Mariam Orme answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      Some of the money comes from the government (in other words it’s taxpayers’ money), and some of it comes from charities (in other words it’s money that has been donated by people).

    • Photo: Leo Garcia

      Leo Garcia answered on 20 Jun 2010:

      Most research scientists get their money from grants awarded to them from various funding bodies. For instance, Cancer Research UK (who you may have given money to at one point or another) award research grants in cancer research. My money comes from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council – which is funded by the UK government.

      In general, these grants will be given after a proposal by the scientists heading up the research team – and those scientists will have outlined, in detail, all the things they hope to achieve if they get the money. Competition for grants is often fierce, and learning how to write a good grant proposal is an important part of being a working scientist.

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