The Verge cites Gill in article on public funding for scientific research
The Verge mentioned Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, in the article, “Will Trump slash public funding for scientific research?” Academic institutions in the U.S. rely heavily on federal dollars for running their labs, buying equipment, processing samples, and training the next generation of scientists, according to the article. Researchers all over the country also depend on the grants to make a living, the article states. Gill recently received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund her research for the next three years. Part of that money will go into her own salary and into the salary for undergraduates and postdoctoral researchers who work at her lab, The Verge reported. Cutting public funding would make it difficult to attract young people into scientific research, the article argues.