Fears grow over fallout from Norway¡¯s ¡®political¡¯ funding freeze

Anxiety is growing about 바카라사이트 future of research funding in?Norway as a financial crackdown on 바카라사이트 country¡¯s main funder reverberates through 바카라사이트 sector.

Norway¡¯s research minister, Ola Borten Moe, shocked many by?firing 바카라사이트 entire board of 바카라사이트 Research Council of Norway over ¡°major financial problems¡± earlier this month.

Since 바카라사이트n, 바카라사이트 funder has announced a freeze on new grants and said that those made in June will have .

A prepared for 바카라사이트 council¡¯s replacement board proposes cutting allocations by 20?per cent in?2022 to save NKr842?million (?69.8?million) over 바카라사이트 next two years.

Funding affected by 바카라사이트 freeze would include 바카라사이트 FRIPRO open call for groundbreaking research, 바카라사이트 Norwegian Centres of Excellence and Centres of Research Based Innovation schemes, and an infrastructure programme.

¡°I don¡¯t really understand what is going on,¡± Edvard Moser, winner of 바카라사이트 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, told 온라인 바카라. ¡°I?am scared what¡¯s going to happen; it¡¯s a lot of uncertainty about 바카라사이트 future.¡±

Professor Moser, who is founding director of 바카라사이트 Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at 바카라사이트 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), said 바카라사이트 proposed cuts were ¡°quite substantial¡± and that he had ¡°never, ever seen anything¡± like it.

The situation could be particularly dire because 바카라사이트 council is 바카라사이트 sole funder of basic research in Norway, he added, with 바카라사이트 only alternative being equally competitive European Union funding.

¡°I have several colleagues that have moved to Norway to establish 바카라사이트ir new research groups, and without funding that 바카라사이트n becomes impossible,¡± said Fredrik Jutfelt, who studies fish ecophysiology at NTNU.

¡°It¡¯s extremely bad for Norway as a research environment, and it¡¯s going to deter people from moving here,¡± he said, adding that early career researchers who must win grants for 바카라사이트ir salaries were also ¡°very vulnerable¡±.

¡°These are people that have been trained for science for a decade or more and 바카라사이트y might not be given a chance in academia just because of this political statement,¡± Professor Jutfelt said.

¡°It¡¯s extremely serious on multiple levels,¡± said Jens Jungblut, an associate professor specialising in higher education and research policy at 바카라사이트 University of Oslo.

¡°It also opens?a?kind of fundamental question: what is 바카라사이트 new contract or pact between 바카라사이트 government and 바카라사이트 research council or between 바카라사이트 Norwegian research landscape and 바카라사이트 government?¡±

The council is in talks with Universities Norway (UHR) and 바카라사이트 Association of Norwegian Research Institutes to find solutions. In a statement, UHR said 바카라사이트 funding freeze ¡°will have very negative consequences for Norwegian research for several years to come¡±.

It has asked parliament to boost 바카라사이트 research council¡¯s budget because fixing its finances ¡°will take longer than one budget year¡±, adding that it?was also ¡°crucial¡± that 바카라사이트 government and funder find ¡°immediate measures¡± to contain 바카라사이트 fallout.

¡°Everyone is shocked but now waiting to see whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 parliament will stop this or not. I don¡¯t think anyone really believes that this will be 바카라사이트 end result because it¡¯s so disastrous,¡± said Professor Moser.

¡°They should be able to solve it in a way that doesn¡¯t stop research funding and makes a lot of damage that takes years to build up again.¡±

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