title: Neuroscience in recession?
abstract: As the global financial downturn continues, its impact on neuroscientists - both on an individual level and at the level of their research institute - becomes increasingly apparent. How is the economic crisis affecting neuroscience funding, career prospects, international collaborations and scientists' morale in different parts of the world? Nature Reviews Neuroscience gauged the opinions of a number of leading neuroscientists: the President of the Society for Neuroscience, the President Elect of the British Neuroscience Association, the former President of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the President of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Director of the US National Institute of Mental Health. Their responses provide interesting and important insights into the regional impact of the global financial downturn, with some causes for optimism for the future of neuroscience research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 6th Floor, Room 6057, 3501 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA. amaras@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Amara
authors.forename: Sten
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grillner
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Insel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nutt
authors.forename: Tadaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsumoto
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*