Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Chapter 526: Appropriation of funds

Of course, thank-you letters from Johns Hopkins University are rarely sent.

No professor will be okay. To write an essay, just stay at home and write a bunch of thank you letters. A paper often has a dozen or even dozens of references. If every paper is written, the authors of the references must be thanked, and the efficiency of scholars is too low.

The four professors who participated in the experiment wrote thank-you letters at the same time. This situation is even more rare. In essence, they are forced to do so.

Because the repeatability of the experiment was too high, Yang Rui’s concept was used, but Yang Rui’s experimental methods and procedures had to be adopted in the end.

After using so many things from others, "cell" was also published. If the research team at Hopkins University does not write a letter to explain, it will inevitably be criticized.

Half of the Peking University professors who understand the thank-you letter have already guessed the purpose of the thank-you letter.

It’s just to be embarrassed to explain and explain, with a kind of vent language "We did adopt your method, and we thank and acknowledge your contribution, but this is our result."

The four professors at Hopkins University did not hide this.

Although top journals need to be groundbreaking and demanding, the results are also very important for top journals. British chemist David used the electrolysis method to prepare five elements of sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, and strontium. 20 years ago, French scientist Moissan made fluorine with this.

If David's research is of no value, it is obviously unfair, but if people need to blame David, there are many things to say.

Today, the times are different. Scientific research is getting deeper and deeper, and there are more and more categories and even fields. Scientists can spread out and study their own things. Therefore, there are actually far fewer cases of hitting the wall.

In this case, the originality requirements are often raised higher.

However, the result is always decisive.

The research group at Hopkins University was originally doing research on potassium ions and other areas. They were very concerned about the research on hot topics in the field. Therefore, after Yang Ruiyu published the first paper, they began to reserve the theory so that they could After Yang Rui published a major paper in cell, he quickly followed up.

However, a series of steps such as mutagenesis, identification of mutant genes, and cloning of genes are indeed difficult. There are thousands of key points in the middle. Four people and a dozen scientific research dogs have been busy for half a year, and they cannot get the final The conclusion.

Faced with millions of dollars in expenditures and competing competitors, even the research group at Hopkins University has been forced to yield to reality.

Of course, they were not prepared to replicate Yang Rui's research in the first place. However, when their own path fails, they really lack other options.

Scientific research has always been a job with a low fault tolerance rate. It is too expensive. No matter whether the investor is a country or an individual, no one will easily give the loser a second chance.

And the more research institutions such as Hopkins University, the more cruel the scientific research competition.

The winner among them can easily get millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars in funds.

However, once the failure comes, once the winner becomes a loser, the cuts in funding will not be a gentleman's hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions. It is almost the same to describe it as nothing.

The life of laboratory poison is much harder than the life of box office poison.

If the professors at Hopkins University have one or two years, they probably won't need to use Yang Rui's experimental methods again. However, they don't have one or two years.

In fact, most researchers do not have a year or two to delay.

If you think about it in this way, it seems possible to see more twin papers in the expected time period in the future.

The professors who thought of this had different expressions.

"Is the original letter with you?" the principal put down the copy and asked.

"I borrowed it temporarily." Professor Cai took it out with a smile and handed it to the principal.

The principal was also a person who had stayed in school. He read it again and said, "Take it to the Publicity Department and find a way to publish it."

Professor Tsai woke up instantly, said "OK" quickly, and smiled: "This is interesting."

"It will be big news." Principal Pang said sourly. Prior to this, he was a supporter of Richard, Yang Rui's rival in scientific research. In order to cooperate with the University of California, Berkeley, President Pang even provided funds to Richard.

However, Richard spent a lot of money, but lost the competition in scientific research, and had to return home in a desperate manner. He hasn't gotten up now.

In contrast, Yang Rui won without the support of the school and the government. Now he has received many praises. Principal Pang's face is very ugly.

Fortunately, he is still the vice-principal, and normal people will not mention this in front of him. However, damage to prestige is inevitable.

Professor Tsai even ignored him, just laughed and said: "It just happens to use the Hopkins professors as a foreshadowing, to help them publicize it, and let everyone know about Johns Hopkins University."

To publicize the winner, the best way is to publicize the strength of the enemy, such as the publicity of Chen Jingrun. The indirect effect is to publicize Goldbach's theorem and even attract the attention of countless folk mathematicians.

Johns Hopkins University has almost no reputation in China. If you want to come to this situation, it will be improved after a round of publicity.

Think of the professors at Hopkins University with yellow beards and frowning writing papers, and because of this, they are known to the Chinese people. Everyone feels inexplicably excited.

As China's top scholars, everyone's understanding of Hopkins is relatively objective.

To put it simply, the Hopkins University research team dare not say that it is the strongest on the earth. It is also the strongest on the earth. The weight of "have to fully adopt Yang Rui's plan" is so heavy that everyone in the congregation can't think of it.

"Scholars at Hopkins University recognize our Peking University's research and teaching standards." Professor Cai brought the topic back and took the heat to the railroad: "We can't drive people out by ourselves."

This time, even if there were objections, he couldn't speak, and the principal nodded slightly.

"A high-level scholar in an independent laboratory is also earning, right." Professor Cai got a bargain, and by the way teased everyone.

The professor of the physics department said feebly: "That would require him to stay at Peking University."

"There are still three years to graduate..." Professor Cai laughed twice, and everything was silent.

"Then it's settled." The principal decided to end his thoughts.

Professor Cai stretched his hand and said: "We must have managed this independent laboratory well."

"The expenses this time are all extra funds, and it must be done." The principal silently calculated the expenses, a little painful, and added a yard.

Professor Cai smiled and patted his chest. In fact, he was a little worried and said: "Yang Rui has already prepared the project, but applying for funding is very time-consuming. Please also prioritize the funding of the school."

"Who dares to get into Yang Rui's project now." Principal Pang said in a weird voice, but that was all. Short sentences such as $150,000 and the US ambassador to China are as sharp as a dagger.

In just two days, the school's first grant of 50,000 yuan was sent down, the absolute priority channel, and it was directly sent to Yang Rui's personal account.

It seems a bit of a violation of regulations, but in fact, until the end of the 1990s, scientific research funding was in such a model. It was difficult to apply for it, but once the application was submitted, it was difficult to supervise how to use it. Without strict discipline Not only did researchers find it troublesome for public accounts, but the financial staff of the unit also found it troublesome for public accounts.

With people calling "invoices and invoices" at all railway stations across the country, the process supervision is of course in vain. In most cases, it can only be funded in stages~www.NovelMTL.com~ to see the results in stages. It is the result.

If you spend 5,000 yuan, you have to make 5,000 yuan; if you use 50,000 yuan, please also make 50,000 yuan; if you use 500,000 yuan, Yes, please make something worth 500,000 yuan; if you spend 5,000 yuan, please make something worth 500,000 yuan!

As for what kind of thing is worth five thousand yuan, and what kind of thing is worth five million yuan, in the final analysis, it depends on the paper and its impact factor.

However, Yang Rui didn't use the 50,000 yuan by himself this time, but instead transferred it to the Department of brains to let the Biology Department decide.

On the one hand, he has a great future and he is unwilling to be contaminated with black and gray funding. On the other hand, his rights and obligations are equal. Schools and departments rely on funding to survive. If researchers do not provide funding, how can they maintain such a scientific research system? run?

No system in the world is perfect. Yang Rui is not a politician, and he has no intention of confronting and changing it. It is better to let the departments make their own decisions and assignments.

50,000 yuan is optional for Yang Rui, but it is a huge sum of money for most people who have a salary of one or two hundred yuan in the university.

The appropriation of this money was also naturally publicized: Yang Rui, a first-year student in our school, will independently preside over the ion channel laboratory of the Department of Biology, with a funding of 250,000 yuan and a research funding of 180,000 yuan...

In less than half a day, all the teachers and students of the school knew about it.

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