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Scholars criticize = precarious future Law Science ...

last month combined two relatively independent and interesting facts that have to converge in the writing of this post ...

one hand, the cabinet approved the draft of the new Act Science, Technology and Innovation , will try to bring national legislation to the new situation of research in Spain, very different from 1986, date for which data Science Act in force until now.

Furthermore, "The Vinosaurio" rescued memory a report of "The Green Beetle" four years ago reminded us of the plight of research fellows.

so unflattering This is one of the things that the new law supposed to try to improve ... However, and here is the mental connection between both incidents, the Federation of Young Researchers , also known as interns has been a precarious = of the groups most critical with the new bill. And the two main criticisms have been raised can be summarized as:

1. is necessary to establish a research career structure that clearly presents the steps in which it is based and management and temporal duration. In the bill only mentioned types of contracts but does not provide the connections between them, which can lead to bizarre situations such as someone to stay indefinitely in the position of "postdoctoral" but never definitively stabilize its job.
2. Of course, it is also essential to a substantial increase in funding dedicated to these issues by the state. Only then logará that Spain reaches a dignified position in developed countries, something that clearly deserves the quality of their research but yet we are denied by the shortage of funds devoted to research.

Indeed, although the new law could imply an improvement over the current situation seems clearly insufficient to meet all the challenges facing our country in the near future. Fortunately, we still have time to be able to make changes, amendments and modifications that allow us to achieve a leading position among scientific societies between the pro- that theoretically we are.