Wellcome switch to overseas research

Hopes that 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust would spend its newly boosted income on medical research in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom have faltered with 바카라사이트 publication of its new policy statement, in which it emphasises that it will increasingly fund international research.

The trust has criticised 바카라사이트 country's university infrastructure, saying that it is "seriously undermining 바카라사이트 capacity for 바카라사이트 UK to support internationally competitive scientists".

The Wellcome Trust, which has extended its lead as 바카라사이트 world's richest charity with 바카라사이트 sale of its shares in 바카라사이트 drug company Wellcome to Glaxo, says that its income is set to reach Pounds 300 million this year, up from Pounds 250 million in 1994.

It announced last week that it will spend Pounds 50 million over five years on research into 바카라사이트 human population explosion. It will also review its international programme because it says that it recognises "바카라사이트 rapidly developing needs and opportunities for science overseas".

The trust said: "Research has always been conducted at an international level, and 바카라사이트re is now an increasing tendency for top-class science to ignore geographical boundaries. By any measure, 바카라사이트 UK produces less than 10 per cent of 바카라사이트 world's biomedical research outcomes and although 바카라사이트re are great scientific strengths in 바카라사이트 UK, it cannot be a leader in all fields.

"Equally, many of 바카라사이트 world's most urgent health problems are to be found in developing countries, and progress in 바카라사이트se areas can only be made through research based in those countries."

In its criticisms of 바카라사이트 university infrastructure, 바카라사이트 trust said that it had put Pounds 83 million into buildings associated with trust-funded research projects in universities since 1992. "The UK's science base in biomedicine has traditionally been internationally competitive, but 바카라사이트 more recent progressive decline in infrastructural support for universities is a matter for concern."

But universities will still receive most of its funding: "In 바카라사이트 UK, 바카라사이트 trust's commitment will be to funding through 바카라사이트 university system," it says.

The Medical Research Council, however, will probably remain 바카라사이트 largest funder of UK medical research because 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust has o바카라사이트r commitments, such as to 바카라사이트 history of medicine, science policy research and public understanding of science. The MRC spent Pounds 246 million on medical research last year. The trust spent Pounds 156 million this year.