• Question: How Do You Earn Money?

    Asked by richie to Anne, Carolyn, Joe, Mariana, Nick on 16 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Joseph Devlin

      Joseph Devlin answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      University College London pays my salary. The money to do this comes from several sources including grants that I’ve received, government funding to support universities, student tuitions, etc.

    • Photo: Carolyn McGettigan

      Carolyn McGettigan answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      I have a salary that I receive from the university where I work (UCL). I’m paid to assist in carrying out my boss’s research programme, which is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

    • Photo: Nick Bradshaw

      Nick Bradshaw answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      Most scientists fund there work by writing to government agencies or charities and asking for money to fund their work. This money will then go to the university you work at, who would use some of it to pay your salary and then give you the rest to buy chemicals, equipment etc with to do your work. At the moment my funding comes from a charity called the Wellcome Trust.

    • Photo: Mariana Vargas

      Mariana Vargas answered on 16 Mar 2010:

      I am paid by the university to do my research.. though the money I’m paid with comes from a grant from the Wellcome Trust (who also sponsors this event, of course…)

    • Photo: Anne Seawright

      Anne Seawright answered on 18 Mar 2010:

      I get funding for my research from the government and from a drug company and then to earn money on top of this (as it isn’t very much!) I lecture at different universities and conferences on animal behaviour and I work as a vet.

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