Minister: UAE should fund basic research - Gulf News
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Sustainable research is a vital element in the process of developing national priorities, Shaikh Nahyan said at the opening of the sixth Annual Research Conference at UAE University here at the Al Ain Rotana Hotel.
The research culture, he said, will encourage critical thinking and creativity, promote innovation and allow researchers to pursue promising ideas.
"Research should not only enrich education at the university, but also involve students and train them to be future researchers," he said.
Professor Dennis O'Connor, a prominent American scientist and former US undersecretary of science, highlighted the need for greater federal funding for research and development activities.
In his keynote address on the value of university research to multiple constituencies, he said the US Government spent $50 billion on research activities last year, representing about 60 per cent of the total research funding in the country.
Prof O'Connor, who is Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, said research should be curiosity and need driven, benefiting the individuals and the involved institution along with the society.
"Priorities should be tailored according to the strengths and circumstances, strong links to be formed with government and the private sector, and administrative structure and processes need to be adaptable," he said.
The basic research, he said, has to be done at the universities and not in the government laboratories. "Researches to be funded by the federal government and research budgets should be provided to individual investigators after peer review," he said.
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Sustainable research is a vital element in the process of developing national priorities, Shaikh Nahyan said at the opening of the sixth Annual Research Conference at UAE University here at the Al Ain Rotana Hotel.
The research culture, he said, will encourage critical thinking and creativity, promote innovation and allow researchers to pursue promising ideas.
"Research should not only enrich education at the university, but also involve students and train them to be future researchers," he said.
Professor Dennis O'Connor, a prominent American scientist and former US undersecretary of science, highlighted the need for greater federal funding for research and development activities.
In his keynote address on the value of university research to multiple constituencies, he said the US Government spent $50 billion on research activities last year, representing about 60 per cent of the total research funding in the country.
Prof O'Connor, who is Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, said research should be curiosity and need driven, benefiting the individuals and the involved institution along with the society.
"Priorities should be tailored according to the strengths and circumstances, strong links to be formed with government and the private sector, and administrative structure and processes need to be adaptable," he said.
The basic research, he said, has to be done at the universities and not in the government laboratories. "Researches to be funded by the federal government and research budgets should be provided to individual investigators after peer review," he said.
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