title: Lessons in science politics.
abstract: Today, biology has become a big science, which devours huge amounts of money. In the United States, a phenomenal growth in biomedical science funding has paralleled the increase in research costs. But this did not occur spontaneously, and the American research community has had to learn how to influence budget policy. In Europe, we are now also faced with a similar problem and need to learn how to campaign for better research funding.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 110, 01307 Dresden, Germany. simons@mpi-cbg.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001695:Biology; D005060:Europe; D005858:Germany; D011057:Politics; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States