Table 3

Tables used to tabulate and code the interviewees' comments (completed tables available on request):

Interviewee:

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Academic freedom

Academic freedom & the future

Demands for goal-oriented research?

Selecting the innovative thinker

Qualities of blue skies researcher

Funding

Proportion of funding as curiosity driven

Providing opportunities

Short term vs. long term

Funding across disciplines

Commerciality

Peer review

Peer review – restrictions

Examples of freedom

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Examples of discoveries in research

Changes since 70s

Expectations of the public

Expectations of the organisations

Terminology

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