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Questions to interviewees drawn from the literature reviewed |
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| Selection |
Pressures on researchers to anticipate their goals in research applications |
Whether a research application was necessary before 1970 |
The impact of the peer review process on developments in research |
Whether research before 1970 would be accepted with the current peer review system |
| Funding |
Priorities for funding |
Changes in the funding environment within the UK |
Ways to manage limited funding sources in the UK |
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| Quality of research |
Experience of cross disciplinary working |
Interpretation of the term blue skies research |
Financial support to be allocated to blue skies research |
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| Process of discovery |
The commercialisation of research activity |
The ingredients in a researcher and the environment needed for discovery |
Personal experience of the environment that influenced the process of discovery |
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