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Significant changes in the structure of research in the biomedical sciences in North America have parallelled increases in research funding in this area over the past few decades. A typical lab in the 1960s was comprised of a professor, and perhaps a technician or graduate student, but many labs now have 20 or more members, most of which are graduate students and postdocs. Despite the dependence of academic scientists in the U.S. and Canada on external research funding, no studies have examined the relationship between social organization of research and the structure of research funding. In this paper, evidence gathered from more than 70 in-depth work history interviews during an ethnographic study of the work of graduate students, postdocs, professors and technicians in biomedical labs at two leading Canadian universities in 2002 and 2003 shows how the changing structure of federal research funding over the past few decades was related to major changes in the social organization of work in biomedical labs. The findings suggest that the social organization of research where faculty members are dependent on external funding cannot be fully understood without examining the dynamic constraints and opportunities associated with that funding in specific institutional and historical contexts. Since the reaction of many countries, including Canada and the U.S., to the increasing commercial value of research has been to substantially increase funding in the biomedical sciences, it will be important to understand the processes by which changes in funding have affected the organization of research. |
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| Salonius, Annalisa. "Social Organization of Work in Biomedical Research Labs in Canada: How Research Funding Matters" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 12, 2005 <Not Available>. 2008-10-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p23116_index.html> |
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| Salonius, A. , 2005-08-12 "Social Organization of Work in Biomedical Research Labs in Canada: How Research Funding Matters" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2008-10-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p23116_index.html |
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Abstract: Significant changes in the structure of research in the biomedical sciences in North America have parallelled increases in research funding in this area over the past few decades. A typical lab in the 1960s was comprised of a professor, and perhaps a technician or graduate student, but many labs now have 20 or more members, most of which are graduate students and postdocs. Despite the dependence of academic scientists in the U.S. and Canada on external research funding, no studies have examined the relationship between social organization of research and the structure of research funding. In this paper, evidence gathered from more than 70 in-depth work history interviews during an ethnographic study of the work of graduate students, postdocs, professors and technicians in biomedical labs at two leading Canadian universities in 2002 and 2003 shows how the changing structure of federal research funding over the past few decades was related to major changes in the social organization of work in biomedical labs. The findings suggest that the social organization of research where faculty members are dependent on external funding cannot be fully understood without examining the dynamic constraints and opportunities associated with that funding in specific institutional and historical contexts. Since the reaction of many countries, including Canada and the U.S., to the increasing commercial value of research has been to substantially increase funding in the biomedical sciences, it will be important to understand the processes by which changes in funding have affected the organization of research. |
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| Social Organization of Work in Biomedical Research Labs in Canada: How Research Funding Matters Annalisa Salonius McGill University Abstract Significant changes in the structure of research in the biomedical sciences in North America have parallelled increases in research funding in this area over the past few decades. A typical lab in the 1960s was comprised of a professor and perhaps a technician or graduate student but many labs now have 20 or more members most of which are graduate |
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