de Meis L, Velloso A, Lannes D, Carmo M S, de Meis C
Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil.
Braz J Med Biol Res. 2003 Sep;36(9):1135-41. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x2003000900001. Epub 2003 Aug 19.
Brazil's scientific community is under pressure. Each year there is an increase in its contribution to international science and in the number of students who are trained to do research and teach at an advanced level. Most of these activities are carried out in state and federal universities, but with government funding that has decreased by more than 70% since 1996. Interviews with graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and professors in one university department with a strong research tradition illustrate the level of stress engendered by the conflict between increasing competition and diminishing resources, and serve to underscore the negative effects on creativity and on the tendency to choose science as a career.
巴西科学界面临着压力。该国对国际科学的贡献以及接受高级研究与教学培训的学生数量每年都在增加。这些活动大多在州立和联邦大学开展，但自1996年以来政府资金减少了70%以上。对某一具有强大研究传统的大学系的研究生、博士后和教授进行的访谈表明，竞争加剧与资源减少之间的冲突所产生的压力程度，也凸显了对创造力以及选择科学作为职业倾向的负面影响。
