모두가 3M을 본받고 싶어 합니다. 모두가 전설의 Bell Labs같은 것을 만들고 싶어 하고, 구글처럼 되고 싶어하고, 애플처럼 되고 싶어하고…
제임스 왓슨은 25세, 아이작 뉴턴은 23세, 알버트 아인시타인 26세, 하이젠베르그 20대 중반, ...
또, 아르키메데스 20대, 갈릴레이 22세, 퀴리부인 45세, 브랙 25세, 오펜하이머 23세…
역사상 가장 중요한 발명/발견/기여를 한 나이라고 합니다. 요즘은 젊다는 미국에서도 이 나이에는 연구기금을 받지 못합니다. 조나 레러의 말 입니다.
In 1980, the largest share of grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) went to scientists in their late 30s. By 2006 the curve had been shifted sharply to the right, with the highest proportion of grants going to scientists in their late 40s. This shift came largely at the expense of America’s youngest scientists. In 1980, researchers between the ages of 31 and 33 received nearly 10% of all grants; by 2006 they accounted for approximately 1%. And the trend shows no signs of abating: In 2007, the most recent year available, there were more grants to 70-year-old researchers than there were to researchers under the age of 30.
좀 더 읽어 보자면…
The end result, says Andrew Serazin, program officer at the Gates Foundation, is that many risky projects have been given a chance to succeed. In the most recent round of applications the funding rate of post-docs and grad students—scientists at the start of their careers—was three times higher than that of their established professors. “One of the tragedies of science is that many of the most talented people with the best ideas don’t have access to capital,” Mr. Serazin says. “We’re trying to fix that.”
그렇지만, 그가 말하듯이 Janelia Farm도 있고, 3M도 있고, Bell Labs도 있고, Grand Challenges Exploration Program (Gates Foundation)도 있습니다. 한국에는 무엇이 있을까요? 저요? 저는 데모하다 군대 갔다오니 20대가 끝나 있더라는…
