If your employer/ manager/ funder/ relevant people said something like: ‘We have full confidence in you, your job is guaranteed and we want you to focus on whatever you think is best’ - would that change what you focus on? How much?
My personal impression is that significant increases in unrestricted funding (even if it were a 1-1 replacement for restricted funding) would dramatically change orgs and individual prioritisations in many cases.
To the extent that one thinks that researchers are better placed to identify high value research questions (which, to be clear, one may not in many cases), this seems bad.
My personal impression is that significant increases in unrestricted funding (even if it were a 1-1 replacement for restricted funding) would dramatically change orgs and individual prioritisations in many cases.
To the extent that one thinks that researchers are better placed to identify high value research questions (which, to be clear, one may not in many cases), this seems bad.