Research Team Creation Part 2 Prof. Amos DAVID

The team’s IDENTITY  Field of study  Avoid dispersion  Even if multidisciplinary studies there is need for a major discipline  The team leader  IMPORTANT : The acceptance of team work 2

Structure of the team  Autonomous?  As regards fields of study  Financially  Legal responsibility  Within an existing laboratory?  Need to blend with the global objective at the laboratory level  Within an existing research institute?  Need to be in line with the objectives of the research institute 3

Finance  Financial resources  Any incentive?  By the government (Federal, State, Local)  By the surrounding socio-economic structures  Industries  Foundations  National and International funding bodies  See “Grant proposal Writing  Personal investment  You will not always have the required financial need on time  You may never get financial return  It is very often in form of intangible benefits  The joy of achieved objectives  Indirect benefit (promotion, renown, contribution to national building, etc.) 4

Operation cost  Human resources  Secretariat  Technicians  Material resources  Hardware  Software  Connectivity (Internet, telephone, etc.)  Scientific events  Organization  The whole event?  Committee member?  Participation  Through papers?  Observation? 5

Publishing results  Papers  Journal  Conference articles  Books  Lone  Collective  For the research team  For the researcher  Renown  Promotion  DANGER : “Publish or Perish”  Focus on the volume and not on the value !  Easier said than done ! 6

Basic facts  A research team can not compete with an enterprise  Long term focus  Immediate financial return  Very few researchers are millionaires/billionaires  Dilemma between “consultancy” and “research studies” 7

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