Hiv vaccine development: 35 years of experimenting in the funding of biomedical research

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Abstract

Funding vaccine development research is more complicated than simply putting out an announcement of funds available. The funders must decide whether product development can be accomplished by purely applied research, or whether more fundamental knowledge is needed before product development can be started. If additional basic knowledge is needed, identifying the specific area of the knowledge gap can be a challenge. Additionally, when there appears to be a clear path of applied research sometimes obstacles are encountered that require a return to more basic work. After deciding on the work to be done, funders must attract the scientists with the broad range of needed skills to cover all the stages of development. Collaborations must be promoted and alliances with other funders and industry must be developed. Funders use multiple tools and strategies to accomplish these tasks with varying success.

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Shapiro, S. Z. (2020, December 1). Hiv vaccine development: 35 years of experimenting in the funding of biomedical research. Viruses. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12121469

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