Research at the Edge - A Personal View *

Principal Summary

Principal Recommendations *

The Commendations and Recommendations

Introduction to the Report *
Summarised Sections

Research Fields *

Funding Opportunities *

Academic Staff Matters *

Postgraduate Training *

Undergraduate Matters *

Research Fields

Contents *

Funding Opportunities *

A Diversity of Funding Agencies *

The National Science Foundation *

Industrial Funding *

Sticks and Carrots *

Blue Sky Funding *

Charities *

Academic Staff Matters *

A First Foot on the Ladder *

Gaining Further Research Experience *

Getting Going *

In the Thick of the Job – Finding Their Feet *

Climbing the Tenure Tree *

Industrial Experience – A Good Thing? *

Teaching *

Governance *

Postgraduate Training *

Recruitment *

Advanced Courses, and Starting Research *

Funding Student Places *

Completing the Ph.D. *

Undergraduate Matters *

Course Flexibility *

Industrial Placements *

Research Programmes *

The Rôle of the NSF *

References *

Postdoctoral Positions *

Interdisciplinary Research *

Funding Agencies *

The Department of Energy (DoE) *

Reports on Individual Departments Visited *

California Institute of Technology	Northwestern University
University Of California, Berkeley	Pennsylvania State University
University of California, Santa Barbara	University Of Pittsburgh
University of California, Los Angeles	Princeton University
Carnegie Mellon University	Purdue University
University Of Delaware	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst	University of Texas at Austin
University of Michigan	University of Virginia
University of Minnesota	University of Wisconsin
North Carolina State University