subject: Performing Individual Research: The Function of Scientific Grants [print this page] Performing Individual Research: The Function of Scientific Grants
The significance of personal research adding to knowledge can't be overestimated. Though most of the last discoveries and inventions were made with the involvement of large companies, labs and organizations, the greatest suggestions are usually born within a single mind. In order for such suggestions to develop into a proven theory, that practical implications might help the society, there is a large amount of work to do. The success of the work is tied, not only to the efforts of the researchers, but also to many small everyday worries. A good way to solve concerns, like salaries, expenditures, equipment, travel expenses, is via scientific grants. In that way, the present article will try to explain the importance of scientific awards to support personal researchers and their studies.
The Problem
Filling a gap in knowledge and making a contribution to a certain area is not only about an idea. Such idea, in order to be investigated and tested, requires time, money and efforts, proportional to the level of the problem it's about to solve. Even if omitting personal needs, there might be other people involved that needs should be fulfilled, in addition to the expenses of any hardware and software which might be required. Such expenses might be hard to bear by big companies, and thus, the load of individual research can be understood.
The Part of Awards
The function of scholarships in such problem can be seen in supplying the minimum required aid that will help the researcher begin, complete, or implement the research. The major conditions in that issue is for the research to be deserving consideration, an aspect approved at the stage of research proposal. With the aid of scientific scholarships, the researcher will be able to cover the costs included in the project/research, and at the same time, get a salary similar to the one offered at similar positions.
