If you could change one thing in the world related to your work, what would it be?

Question: If you could change one thing in the world related to your work, what would it be?
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Asked by to Claire, Ian, Sergey, Vicky, Zena on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Sergey Lamzin answered on 19 Jun 2014:
  
  I would force all scientists to work together and now race against each other on who makes the same discovery sooner.
- Zena Hira answered on 19 Jun 2014:
  
  Give more money to science rather than football players
- Vicky Schneider answered on 19 Jun 2014:
  
  the amount of politics…
- Ian Simpson answered on 23 Jun 2014:
  
  I’d like there to be funding systems in place that allow for more creativity and innovation in Science. The way funding is currently set up results in a lot of “safe science” it achieves slow, incremental improvement with little risk and that’s rarely where the big breakthroughs happen. The UK is particularly bad at this although the Welcome Trust Senior Fellowships are a step in the right direction.
  
  I’d like funders to trust the scientists, give longer term funding in broad areas and free up scientists to do the research rather than spending huge amounts of their time applying for short term grants.
- Claire Shooter answered on 24 Jun 2014:
  
  I would relocate my laboratory to a treehouse on a tropical beach

Question: If you could change one thing in the world related to your work, what would it be?