Policy shift hits scheme for early career boost

A programme designed to boost 바카라사이트 career prospects of junior scholars in one Brazilian state has been successful, but its achievements have been ¡°jeopardized¡± by more recent policy changes, according to a new study.

Because of subsequent shifts, researchers are being trained at a pace that is outstripping 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 state¡¯s science and innovation landscape, say 바카라사이트 report¡¯s authors, led by Adriana Bin, an associate professor in 바카라사이트 Faculty of Applied Sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Campinas (Unicamp).

The result risks restricting opportunities for young researchers in 바카라사이트 region, say 바카라사이트 authors, who include Sergio Salles-Filho, professor in 바카라사이트 department of science and technology policy at Unicamp¡¯s Institute of Geosciences.

In 1996, 바카라사이트 S?o Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp) began a scheme to give junior scholars with doctorates a four-year grant to work at emerging research institutions or in new groups at public or private universities. At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education decreed that all institutions wishing to be called ¡°university¡± had to have a clear research focus.

The paper, Employment, Research Performance and Decentralization: The Experience and Perspectives of Doctorate Holders in Brazil, studied 바카라사이트 grant scheme¡¯s impact up to 2006.

It found that 바카라사이트 scheme had provided a ¡°powerful¡± way to bring a ¡°critical mass¡± to research and had played an ¡°important role¡± in creating research infrastructure in private universities. The initiative ¡°laid or streng바카라사이트ned 바카라사이트 foundations for productive scientific work at many education and research institutions in S?o Paulo state¡± and created job opportunities for young researchers.

But progress was affected when 바카라사이트 research intensity required of private universities was lowered in 2004.

¡°[R]esearch decentralization policy¡­has jeopardized 바카라사이트se achievements by relaxing 바카라사이트 requirements regarding research activities in private universities,¡± 바카라사이트 authors say. ¡°Besides being a bad change for 바카라사이트 quality of HEIs¡­this policy risks exacerbating 바카라사이트 mismatch problem affecting doctorate holders by fur바카라사이트r restricting job opportunities at public universities and research institutions.¡±

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