Abinash Sahoo<p>While I am reading an article about DeSci on medium, I found something interesting.</p><p>📉 Young scientists are being left behind.</p><p>In 1980, 20% of NIH grants went to researchers 35 &amp; younger. By 2014? Just 1%.</p><p>Meanwhile, funding for 66+ scientists keeps rising.</p><p>I'm not saying it's a bad thing but without support, young innovators leave science—taking their fresh ideas with them.</p><p>We’re losing the next generation. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FundYoungScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FundYoungScientists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phdlife</span></a></p>