Bling My Research! A Mock Grant Panel Activity Illustrating the Importance of Basic Research

Celeste A. Leander; Jeannette Whitton

doi:10.1525/abt.2010.72.5.10

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Celeste A. Leander,^* Jeannette Whitton^*

^*CELESTE A. LEANDER (cleander@interchange.ubc.ca) is an Instructor in the Departments of Botany and Zoology, and JEANNETTE WHITTON (jwhitton@interchange.ubc.ca) is Associate Professor in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4.

Abstract

First-year university students have misconceptions about the source and dynamics of publicly funded research money. We designed an activity in which students take part in a mock grant panel. The results indicated a strong tendency toward student funding of applied medical research at the expense of basic research. Exposure to a few examples of important basic research moderates this tendency.

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Celeste A. Leander and Jeannette Whitton "Bling My Research! A Mock Grant Panel Activity Illustrating the Importance of Basic Research," The American Biology Teacher 72(5), 308-310, (1 May 2010). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.5.10

Published: 1 May 2010