title: Biology and the beasts: individual investigator-driven research in the megaprojects era.
abstract: Science funding over the past few decades has seen a shift from individual investigator research to the multi-investigator megaproject. But are these large projects the best approach to the life sciences or do they stifle creativity?
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Davison Life Sciences Complex, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7223, USA. maize@uga.edu
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bennetzen
mesh_terms: D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*