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Table 3 Tables used to tabulate and code the interviewees' comments (completed tables available on request):

From: Basic Blue Skies Research in the UK: Are we losing out?

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Academic freedom

        

Academic freedom & the future

        

Demands for goal-oriented research?

        

Selecting the innovative thinker

        

Qualities of blue skies researcher

        

Funding

        

Proportion of funding as curiosity driven

        

Providing opportunities

        

Short term vs. long term

        

Funding across disciplines

        

Commerciality

        

Peer review

        

Peer review – restrictions

        

Examples of freedom

     

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Examples of discoveries in research

        

Changes since 70s

        

Expectations of the public

        

Expectations of the organisations

        

Terminology

       

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Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration

ISSN: 1747-5333