Re:Moth Minds: Fund individuals doing work you believe in
by q1w2 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @07:45AM
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Asking someone with a mature career to formally return to academia seems like a non-starter.
In such a case he'd need to pay more money and spend even more time - when all he wants to do is work on this one particular problem.
Re:Moth Minds: Fund individuals doing work you believe in
by R0b0t1 on Thursday December 02, 2021 @10:34AM
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I know, that's why I'm not asking him to do that. It's just instead of giving him money what he really needs is an opportunity to speak with professionals. The issue is a typical academic career path is usually the only way to speak to those people.
I think it's not just money but the ability to more freely go back to school. It is difficult-ish to get the funding for, essentially, self-directed research during the best years of your life, and basically impossible if you don't already have an undergraduate degree.