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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Shift to short-term research funding

Shift to short-term research funding

  • Bias against funding long-term research projects

Broader

Economic rationalism driving education
Presentable
Incompatibility of long-term thinking and financial priorities
Unpresentable
Short-range project funding
Yet to rate
Downgrading of services with nonquantifiable long-term benefits
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Unconsolidated medical research
Presentable
Reward biased research
Presentable
Imbalanced research activity
Presentable
Obstruction of research
Yet to rate
Ignorance of health and hygiene
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Over-emphasis on immediate solutions in resource development research
Presentable
Shortage of funds for research
Yet to rate
Commercialization of research
Yet to rate

Reduces

Misappropriation of resources for high cost research projects
Excellent

Related

Uncoordinated research efforts
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
J1996
DOCID
12019960
D7NID
146015
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/shift-short-term-research-funding
Last update
Nov 28, 2022