The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
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·August 2, 2025pitched
Eddy_Viscosity2
Depending on the institution they work for, different rules may apply. But in general, scientists would be encouraged to seek funding from wherever it is available.
gus_massa
I think it's rare without strings.
There are some cooperation grants, where you must have researchers from two countries (where you are and where the money comes from) and perhaps part of the money must be used to pay travel and stays of some of the researches in the other country, in both directions.
victorbjorklund
Probably way harder to convice govts to give their limited amount of grants to foreign universities instead of their own. It is not like this is the only important science to be funded. If you choose to fund this - then it means you need to not fund something else.
dlachausse
The NIH did the opposite of what you’re asking for by using their funding to do coronavirus gain of function research in Wuhan Institute of Virology, so it’s possible.
https://www.newsweek.com/fauci-untruthful-congress-wuhan-lab...
victorbjorklund
How is that the opposite? It is exactly the same. A govt funding research in another country.
metalman
there are not any real rules, certain indivuals in academia in certain institutions have what amounts to feudal fiefdoms, and most certainly do.whatever they want with there funding, with few or no questions asked, as it is simply a question of liability shedding by exporting all the ethics and saftey concerns....., and getting useable data back though the serindipitous discovery as outlined in the article liked at the top, is just the kind of thing that can be published and trotted out as a feel good example of just how great science is
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znpy
Archive link: https://archive.ph/DtYEQ
> a previous commitment from the National Institutes of Health to support a clinical trial of the novel therapy in HIV-infected children being withdrawn
When seeking funding as a scientist, do they have to only ask their own government or is it possible to get a different country to foot the bill?