• Question: What was your biggest problem being a scientist or your biggest struggle?

    Asked by anon-238977 to James, Hannah, Chris, binuraj, Alice on 18 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Binuraj Menon

      Binuraj Menon answered on 18 Mar 2020:

      Hi Jabari,

      The biggest problem is to get research funding to do the actual work. Nowadays governments are reducing funds for scientific research and this has caused major issues in terms of innovation and outputs.

    • Photo: Hannah Blyth

      Hannah Blyth answered on 18 Mar 2020:

      Hello Jabari! My biggest struggle has been with believing in my own abilities to be a scientist. I still catch myself wondering if I am smart enough, do I deserve my ‘success’ or thinking that everyone else seems to know what they were doing and that I never do. The truth is that there is no way I could have made it to where I am now without a few people (other than myself on good days) believing I could do it, and lots of people feel that way too.

    • Photo: Chris Carlton

      Chris Carlton answered on 24 Mar 2020:

      Binuraj has rather stolen my thunder here as I am on the other side of the table and help decide which scientists like him get the funding! I would completely agree this is the biggest challenge – we have to turn away so many great ideas due to a lack of money

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