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| Signatures including commentsRefine your search Show all comments (sorted by date) Show all comments (sorted by length) Show regional comments: Comments from Slovak Republic34 comments. (Note: Some comments are not made public accessible.) 24 Feb 18:07 Slovak Republic Comenius University Jozef Nosek I cite Max Perutz: “Creativity in science, as in the arts, cannot be organized. It arises spontaneously from individual talent. Well-run laboratories can foster it, but hierarchical organization, inflexible, bureaucratic rules, and mounds of futile paperwork can kill it. Discoveries cannot be planned; they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners.” 17 Mar 09:48 Slovak Republic Comenius University Daniel Sevcovic Less bureaucracy in management of scientific projects and much more trust on our work are necessary conditions for improvement of scientific prestige of European universities and research institutions. 17 Mar 12:47 Slovak Republic Comenius University Andrej Ferko The shortest fairy tale: once upon the time, there was the end. This is the story about our enthusiasm before being converted from people to slaves of nonsense rules. 24 Feb 08:11 Slovak Republic Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academu of Sciences Jan Slezak I strongly support the activity 10 Mar 13:43 Slovak Republic Institute of Chemistry Vladimir Farkas Writing of hundreds of pages of the projects is a real nuisance for the researcher and has no sense for the bureaucrats. The leader scientists should be trusted, and not asked to prove their competence by making literary exercises. 24 Feb 08:35 Slovak Republic Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences Igor Tvaroska I strongly support this initiative. We scientists are devoting more and more of our time to an administrative work vork connected with EU projects and less and less on science. 11 Mar 10:02 Slovak Republic Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences Ivan Simkovic I hope we are fighting the bureaucrats and not creating a new ones. 8 Mar 16:51 Slovak Republic Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology Maria Durisova I agree that the administrative burden and the financial regulation of European research funding should be simplified. 17 Mar 16:07 Slovak Republic Institute of Molecular Biology SAS Eva Kutejova I prefer simple grants applications as I have remembered them from my participation on Swiss National Foudation Grant. To avoid enormous bureaucracy and stop the system when wonderful reaserch projekt is excluded just because formal objections that can be easily corrected. Reasech needs more freedom to have chance to do even risky experiment not to be stressed with necessity of quick publication. Also it is neccessary to better fund PhD students and postdocs to retain talented young people in reasearch. 24 Feb 10:52 Slovak Republic Institute of Neuroimmunology Michal Novak Without research and development we are unable to secure our future in global competition.Current bureaucratic rules and procedures are complicated ones suffocating progress (novelty and inventivness) transforming top researchers into administrative workers. Please streamline the rules focused on output and progress which will return competitivness of Europe on the global stage. 4 May 07:25 Slovak Republic Institute of Plant Gentics and Biotechnology SAS Ildiko Matusikova Administration should not take more time than the research itself. 24 Feb 08:39 Slovak Republic Institute of Technology, Slovak Academy of Sciences Marian Janek Bureaucratical manner must be eliminated in the whole process and also other EU supporting programs, starting from application to execution and project progress untill finishing. This is prerequisite to enable for the scientiest more effective work focused on their real scientific goals... 6 Mar 21:24 Slovak Republic Institute of Zoology Slovak Academy of Sciences Fedor Čiampor Jr I greatly appreciate initiative to simplify the European administration and I strongly recomend to implement this simplification in the local legislative. 24 Feb 08:28 Slovak Republic International Laser Centre Frantisek Uherek I support this declaration. 10 Mar 19:57 Slovak Republic Matej Bel University Vladimir Janis EC decided in 2007 about the liquidation of INTAS, an association aimed to support the scientific cooperation between European and former USSR countries. INTAS has become very popular among scientists for its effectiveness and very simple administrative rules. It is desirable that EC simplifies its complicated and administratively demanding policy in supporting the research. Adopting the efficient methods of INTAS is one of possible ways. 20 Apr 22:11 Slovak Republic Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences Roman Fric Read the interview with Mikhail Gromov (Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society, September 2009, or Notices AMS, March 2010). 20 Apr 18:09 Slovak Republic Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice Stanislav Jendrol terribly many fornal requrement 22 Feb 09:51 Slovak Republic Sceince and research institute UMB Samuel Korony I agree with declaration. 13 Feb 16:58 Slovak Republic Slovak University of Technology Bedrich Weber I strongly support the initiative and fully agree with at least most of the comments inserted (on timesheets, milestones, reporting, paperwork in general,.unclear and complicated financial rules etc.). Ideally filled in forms and perfectly written papers do not automatically represent high quality of research outcomes and vice versa. 14 Feb 15:25 Slovak Republic Slovak University of Technology Eva Kralova I agree with the text of declaration - the simplification of administrative and financial burocrycy can encourage other researcher for to react as well as to take part in the processes of EU research funding. It is why I signed the Declaration. 18 Mar 08:35 Slovak Republic Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Matej Babjak More than 40% of my working hours are currently obstructed by papering of running EU project, supported from structural funds!!! 15 Mar 22:26 Slovak Republic Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, FCHPT Peter Šimon Working hours of a researcher are limited. The more paperwork, the less research work (and vice-versa). 19 Feb 10:27 Slovak Republic Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave Veronika Plóniová It is important to downsize the amount of paper work and to increase trust in researchers so that progress can walk ahead faster and research can flourish for the benefit of all of us. 17 Feb 15:40 Slovak Republic STU Maros Finka Let use public money and research capacities for research and development and not for huge projects’ administration. 18 Mar 08:23 Slovak Republic STU Bratislava Radko Mesiar Superfluous wasting of time of researchers by bureaucracy is a crime; some control is necessary, but surely not is such amount as it is now. 22 Feb 08:34 Slovak Republic Technical university in Zvolen Vladimír Štollmann I am convinced that, this system is so much unelastic. I am sure, that in this way a science and research is impossible of achievement. It is out of accord with our and European culturally traditions. 17 Feb 13:03 Slovak Republic Technical university of Kosice Jan Terpak I completely agree. 24 Feb 12:53 Slovak Republic Technical University of Kosice Daniela Perdukova ... 24 Mar 12:27 Slovak Republic Technical University of Kosice Tomas Sabol Trust is vital for any efficient collaboration. 17 Aug 09:34 Slovak Republic Technical University of Kosice Natasa Urbancikova I agree, the higher level of trust will bring mutual benefits. 14 Feb 17:21 Slovak Republic University of Zilina Antonin Kazda Most of administrative requirements are a “jungle” even for the Brussels officials. If you asked them any question the answer is just: Please refer to XY guide to be sure they will not make a mistake. This practice, together with the complicated administrative reporting structure discourage other researchers from participating in the EU research schemes. 15 Feb 08:39 Slovak Republic University of Žilina karel havel my experience from 5th, 6th, and 7th FP supports declaration 17 May 08:17 Slovak Republic University of Žilina Dana Sitányiová Let us work on the real research! Do not overload us with useless statements! Please adopt rules, which would be fair for all the countries. 26 Mar 16:01 Slovak Republic Univerzita Komenskeho v Bratislave John Peter Barrer I have successfully undertaken research in Australia and over there they trust researchers. Research bodies focus on output (seminars, conferences and publications) when auditing researchers activity rather than demanding they account for every hour spent on a project. The European approach is ridiculous; research activity necessarily fluctuates from month to month and can not be standardised in a truthful manner in some monthly timetable of hourly activity. I think the bureaucratic requirements over here for research projects are paranoid and paradoxically actually force dishonesty. Once again, its ridiculous and a waste of our time. Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||