translated from Spanish: Four of every five scientists were rejected at the CONICET

Friday, CONICET, main scientific institution to finance researchers in Argentina, unveiled the results of his call to enter the Carré RA of scientific researcher (CIC): only 17 percent of the applicants was accepted. There were, in total, 450 revenue out of a total of 2.595 applicants. They are, in all cases, young who already completed successfully a PhD and aspire to live of scientific research. According to denounce so many rejected, alternatives that are to remain in the country under investigation are practically nil, and so many of them already got out alternatives or are looking for them. This means, basically, that the State reverses for 10 or 12 years in the training of human resources of excellence (five years of college career, five doctorate and, in some cases, two other postdoctoral) for, then give them to universities foreign. 

Overview of would call it revenue in 2018 #Conicet races.
strengthening more than 150 profiles only there was at least one candidate recommended in 88. The 62 remaining seats were assigned to general (58) and strategic (4) pic.twitter.com/NmX3dF6ydc – Jorge Aliaga (@jorgeluisaliaga) 5 April 2019 but the CONICET also the mainstay not only scientific system, but much of l as national universities. For a time, where most of them, the possibility of obtaining a position of full-time that allows to combine research with teaching is non-existent. Young researchers that had salary or research grants could, at least dedicate a few hours to a simple dedication of University teaching (which is paid around the 6,500 pesos a month) or directly to teach without charging. This option, without the funding of research activities, becomes virtually impossible. Given that the adjustment in the game of science affects all dependencies (from the National Atomic Energy Commission to the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria), get a job there is equally difficult. And in the private sector there is little possibilities because there are very few companies that invest in scientific and technological development. Is well known that there is private sector investment in these areas is necessary, first, a strong State injection for a considerable time (as show examples of countries that today are scientific and technological as Israel, Corea de el Sur or Germany powers ). But there is also another aspect: the human. They are thousands of young researchers who dedicated his life to science and today are unable to continue. Scientific career in Argentina so that you understand what means the refusal to the aspirations of the young researchers who are now expelled from the system, it is useful to review how the scientific career in Argentina.He is a long road and worked hard.  Firstly, there to successfully pursue a college degree. And when I say “with success”, I mean that it should finish with an average well above the average and, in addition, have taken the first steps in research. When one ends, it presents a call for PhD scholarships which assesses the background to see if it is or it is not deserved. Commitment, when one receives it, is to do some original research in the area in which it was presented and write a thesis, which evaluated three (or more) specialists in the area. If she is considered to comply with the objectives, the University granted doctor’s degree. At this time, the young PhD student is already a researcher, although still does not charge won as a researcher. In general, what do is aspire to a new (post-doctorate) scholarship for which again evaluates it. What is taken into account is not only completed the doctorate but have published in scientific journals of impact. IE: no one who has not published scientific papers in journals of good international level obtained this second grant.  

Annual revenues to the career of researcher scientist. The graph is @jorgeluisaliaga.

During all those years, fellows and scholars do not pension contributions because it is considered to be in training. Admission to the career of researcher scientist is the moment in which the State recognizes youth as research workers. In 2014, was approximately 50 per cent of applicants. Today, that number has been reduced to less than 20 percent. Science and technology are an engine for the economic development of a country, not a luxury of rich countries. The expulsion of our young researchers is, therefore an unpardonable political decision, that will cost many years to reverse.

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