@article{91da7412550548928661295695927007,
title = "Perspectives on the formation of an interdisciplinary research team",
abstract = "As research funding becomes more competitive, it will be imperative for researchers to break the mentality of a single laboratory/single research focus and develop an interdisciplinary research team aimed at addressing real world challenges. Members of this team may be at the same institution, may be found regionally, or may be international. However, all must share the same passion for a topic that is bigger than any individual's research focus. Moreover, special consideration should be given to the professional development issues of junior faculty participating in interdisciplinary research teams. While participation may be {"}humbling{"} at times, the sheer volume of research progress that may be achieved through interdisciplinary collaboration, even in light of a short supply of grant dollars, is remarkable.",
keywords = "Grant funds, Interdisciplinary research team formation, Tight economy",
author = "Dodson, {M. V.} and Guan, {L. L.} and Fernyhough, {M. E.} and Mir, {P. S.} and L. Bucci and McFarland, {D. C.} and J. Novakofski and Reecy, {J. M.} and Ajuwon, {K. M.} and Thompson, {D. P.} and Hausman, {G. J.} and M. Benson and Bergen, {W. G.} and Z. Jiang",
note = "Funding Information: In today{\textquoteright}s climate, especially with the recent worldwide depressed economic situation, new ideas are needed to obtain grant dollars. Why? We have entered an era where state universities are no longer supported by the state, but are only assisted by it. Consequently, administrators everywhere are pressuring their faculty to obtaining research grant funding in order to obtain the indirect cost returns from funded grants. Most universities are financially “broken” [4] , and this leads to additional problems. For example, many programs prohibit funding for the purchase of large specialized equipment items. Moreover, in many smaller universities, faculty members with specific research specialties are becoming “one deep,” which greatly limits individual research opportunities. More and more often annual reviews are focused on not just the publications generated, but the grant funds that have been obtained, thereby diminishing the emphasis previously placed on published papers [5,6] . So, what should someone do if they have limited success at obtaining large amounts of funding [5–7] ? ",
year = "2010",
month = jan,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.11.040",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "391",
pages = "1155--1157",
journal = "Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications",
issn = "0006-291X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "2",
}