For Geng Jian, tens of thousands of yuan is already a lot, in fact, he can't even take out 620 yuan, tens of thousands of yuan can be said to be astronomical.

Even Peking University students, Geng Jian has to admit that his fantasy is to become a person like Yang Rui one day-someone can take the initiative to give tens of thousands of research funds, buy something if they want, give it away if they want to give it away, and write a thesis if they want to write a thesis.

Before today, Geng Jian didn't even add the word "initiative" to his fantasies, and the researchers he came into contact with could be described as racking their brains and doing their best to fight for a fund.

In fact, the researchers Geng Jian saw were not doing their best.

Yang Rui has really seen researchers who have done their best for the sake of funds, just to stamp a stamp, his people ran from south to north, ran three branches, and waited at the door to stamp the stamp, as for how many sleepless nights he had to spend in the real yàn room for this, and how many real yàn dogs he was tired of, it was impossible to say.

In China, 30 years later, a university professor spends an average of one-third of his or her annual time on applying for projects and funding, and if he focuses on this, he spends two-thirds of his time.

Compared with the project application that will have to be stamped with dozens of chapters in later generations, the project allocation method that is now decided in a word is even simpler than Yang Rui imagined.

Of course, that is, it is simple for him.

After all, the pouch in front of each committee member can be printed with a large "cell" on it.

"I urgently approved a research grant of 50,000 yuan, but now that it is still a little less, I hope to apply for another 600,000 yuan in funding, so that Yang Rui can improve his thesis and strive for revision. Professor Cai shook his chair with a smile, in a good mood.

In any case, Yang Ruike is a student of the Department of Biology, and the work unit he noted "Tang Zhongshi Yàn Room" also belongs to the Department of Biology of Peking University. All honors and military medals are indispensable to Yang Rui's, the school's, and Professor Cai's.

All the members here, no matter which department they are, can only look at Professor Cai with envy, jealousy and hatred.

After a while, a familiar professor sighed: "Let you pick up a bargain, Yang Rui didn't apply to the Department of Chemistry at the beginning, otherwise he would have published a top journal last semester." ”

"Give us the physics department and publish top journals in four months. Another professor said casually.

Not to be outdone, the person next to him said: "Give us the Department of Geology, 3 months." ”

The committee member of the mathematics department who came to the meeting smiled, stretched out a finger, and said, "Spare you for 2 months." ”

"Publish papers in top journals in a month?

"Blow, and you don't need to prove it. The math professor laughed, drawing more laughter.

Professor Cai coughed and said, "Don't just brag, let's get down to business, I want 600,000 yuan, and if no one objects, I will approve it." ”

"600,000 is too much, impossible. "The chemistry and biology departments have more in common, and there is more time to compete for funding.

Professor Cai smiled and pointed to the middle, and said, "Cell, it's 600,000 to publish a cell, that's too much? I think 6 million is not much." ”

"6 million is not much, but your project has been completed, where can you use 600,000 for small changes, I think 60,000 is enough. "The Department of Physics is also a large department that uses funds, and it is more concerned about the school's funds than my own family.

Professor Cai poured two sips of tea and said, "I'll give you 60,000 yuan, and you can make a small change for me." ”

"I'm really changing it, are you giving me a name?" the professor in the physics department was not to be outdone.

"You ask Tang Zhong to go with Yang Rui, and I'm not the author. Professor Cai laughed twice, looked at the principal of the main seat, and said: "Now a total of 600,000 funds are needed, and the Tang Concentration Room is empty, our biology department can give another 50,000, and the remaining 550,000, I hope the school can make up for it, and we guarantee that the small changes will be made." ”

"Guarantee a small change?" the principal asked for confirmation.

The representative committee member of the Department of Mathematics preemptively said: "You dare to guarantee this kind of thing? The minor change is relatively simple, but the guarantee is passed? How can you guarantee that there will be an undercover agent in the journal department?"

"I can at least be sure that 600,000 yuan of funding is definitely more secure than 50,000 yuan of research funding. In addition, Yang Rui's research has always been provided by Hong Kong Huarui Company and Richard Shiy's room, and the school did not provide a penny of research funds, and now provides 550,000 yuan, he will get back a paper on cells, which is not a loss. "Professor Cai doesn't engage in gambling and swearing, but what he says is much more convincing than gambling and voting.

The headmaster nodded slightly.

"You don't really think about it. The professor of the physics department moved his chair and said, "The few projects we are applying for are all stuck due to funding problems. ”

"Who are we, can the project you apply for be on "Cell", "Nature", or "Science"?" Professor Cai made a big move to mock. Although it does not mean that research that cannot apply for national funds or provincial and ministerial funds is not good, in terms of proportion, such research is naturally more difficult to get into top journals.

In fact, as far as the current situation in China is concerned, let alone the top foreign journals, it is almost certain that they will be listed in the mid-stream journals, and it will be safe to obtain national funds. Yang Rui belongs to an exception, he is still a student, his seniority is too shallow, he has not accumulated, and he has risen too fast, so he did not apply for the national fund, and what Professor Cai is doing now is actually to compensate Yang Rui.

He himself is a member of the department, to say it, it is more difficult than the academicians of later generations, just look at Yang Rui's papers, and then look at the opinions given by the reviewers, almost the funds needed can be launched, as far as the current situation is concerned, let alone 600,000, 60,000 may not be used.

However, there are too many uses of research funds, or in other words, in the process of research, the use of money is too great, and with the current mechanism in China, a scholar can only get a large amount of funds when he makes achievements, which is Yang Rui's current situation.

According to Professor Cai's thoughts, if he doesn't help Yang Rui get funds now, it will not be easy to ask for funds when he does the next project, and the representatives and committee members competing for funds will still take out today's rhetoric again, and Yang Rui's competitiveness will be weaker.

Because no one can guarantee that their next paper will be featured in "Cell", and Yang Rui is almost certain at present.

This makes it seem wiser to invest in Yang Rui now.

At the beginning of the project, he did not invest in Yang Rui (, but because of Vice President Pang's relationship, he funded Yang Rui's rival Richard, which made Professor Cai feel a little guilty and helped Yang Rui get 600,000 yuan, which is not a small compensation.

It may not be enough to exchange this money for dollars to buy equipment, but it is more than enough to maintain the real yàn room, make some real yàn, and even raise a few real yàn dogs.

In the Department of Biology of Peking University, the real room that can get 600,000 yuan a year is at least the level of an independent real room.

Although Professor Cai can't give Yang Rui this name, as far as the research itself is concerned, funding is still king.

And Professor Cai's reason for preparing really impressed the president.

After a minute or so of thinking, the principal pushed his palm forward, motioned for others to stop the discussion, and then said: "The school's funds are indeed relatively tight, not only our Peking University is nervous, but Tsinghua University and the National People's Congress are also very nervous, but I think the same choice is placed in the Tsinghua People's Congress." Whether it's 550,000, 600,000, or 1.6 million, it should be guaranteed for a cell paper. ”

The representative professor of the physics department was rather frustrated, but could only express understanding. In fact, the principal made it very clear.

The Department of Physics applies for funding for graduate students, doctoral students, and lecturers with low seniority who are difficult to apply for funding outside the university, in short, senior real dogs and head dogs, who need to train their skills and knowledge through the funds provided by the school.

In contrast, Yang Rui is actually younger, and it is more difficult to apply for funds outside the school, and he only takes money from the school when the project is almost completed.

As for the matter of how many times the salary of 600,000 yuan, no one present cared about it at all.

This is "Cell", and the money will not be changed!

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