http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/campus/2008/514/1207692006.html
RESEARCH
The 'Ramón y Cajal' does not prevent the brain drain Despite the state's economic effort in this program, many scientists are reluctant to join research centers in Spain. The lack of transparency in the race and the absence of wage incentives seem to be some of the pitfalls
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During discussions between José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Mariano Rajoy, the increased investment in R + D + i for the executive during the last term was introduced by the winner of elections as the best remedy to cure the ailing economy English. Not without reason. But many scientists believe that the commitment to science in Spain sins still a lack of ambition and is very attractive to English brains that are currently working centers abroad.
is the case of Michael House, Molecular Microbiology specialist who is currently researching for the University of Nottingham. In 2001 he was awarded one of the assignments of Ramón y Cajal program to establish a English university in its own area of \u200b\u200bresearch in intercellular communication in bacteria. After years in the bleak British weather, the return was a very attractive option.
Why not accept it? "Then I was offered no guarantee of a place at the end of my contract. In addition, the university where I work now provides other unthinkable things in institutions and English, as possibilities promotion and leading research infrastructure. I have my achievements properly paid extra salary increases ...". It also states that many prefer to English scientists abroad "because they recognize his merits more investigation and were accepted by them and not their contacts" . Laura Morales, a researcher at the University of Manchester, was also selected by the program Ramón y Cajal in the July 2007.
However I still do not know whether to accept the offer of a research center. "Return to your country always an incentive. But it would mean losing a third of my salary, and the freedom and autonomy of that joy in Manchester, where I have my own research team. Would become dependent on a professor or a department head at times even have a curriculum less than mine. "
" I am also concerned that no clear rules on how to climb the ladder, nor economic incentives. One example is that we have no right to wage supplements that can have an assistant doctor. And we do not promote no later than five years because they lose the financial assistance that involves the program. "Chamber match in this analysis:" If a scientist has a brilliant curriculum abroad and to convince him to return Spain is due to an attractive and reasonable. The minimum is-apart from a fixed square-decent infrastructure. No one with an established career would be willing to accept these conditions. For my part, I maintain that Spain is a far cry from United Kingdom ".
On the other hand, strict limits bureaucratic desire to improve scientists, as a complaint Naomi Cabrera, secretary general of the National Association of Ramón y Cajal Researchers ( Anirc): "In the CSIC is a researcher who has one year left of contract and has received enough money from Europe for a project that just presented. But the CSIC has rejected the inquiry because he only is a contract year. "He also defended from Anirc that" the funding of universities should be linked to research objectives, not just alumni. This will achieve a greater commitment from the institutions. "" It's a shame to see that you are training very good people in our country and then other countries take advantage of their brains. English as he loves his people and their culture, it really hurts, "concludes House.
stability guaranteed by the ministry
The stability of the square in the center that they claimed was a concern of scientists returning to the Program Ramón y Cajal. After the first five years that lasted the aid, the contract was expiring. However, since 2007 the contracts for work and service that until now could offer researchers go on to have an indefinite and requires the contracting centers to ensure the square to the researchers. Naomi Cabrera says "it is true that since the Government is doing everything possible to stabilize the workforce to researchers. However, there are still many of the first calls that they are about to terminate contracts without being offered any solution. However, Cabrera acknowledges the support of Ministry of Education to these
researchers: "Apart from initiatives such as I3, a program that encourages stable contracts researchers paying the first three years of salary, is considering working with one of the Cajal through separate lines of funding. "
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