As a researcher, you may be frustrated in finding continuous funding for sustaining your research. However, would there be any conflict of interest to be a researcher as well as a fund raiser simultaneously at the same time?
What regulations are there to limit the grey area?
Which authorities were looking on such issue?
What if the fund raising is for charity organizations in the field (particularly pediatrics and rare diseases) and is unrelated to the researcher's work?
In medicine field, the practice of physicians fundraising from their own patients raises three main concerns:
(1) undue pressure on patients to contribute,
(2) possible expectations of preferential treatment from donors, and
(3) concerns about patient confidentiality and trust.
What do you think?
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26948.24966
https://www.fringebacker.com/en/projects/2020-orbis-virtual-moonwalkers/fundraiser/dr-au-chi-lik-qu-zi-li-yi-sheng/
Dear Sunny Chi Lik Au,
This largely depends on the system of financing science in a given country and the policy of financing research in specific types of universities. It is not a comfortable solution for researchers and scientists to independently search for sources of funding for their research. Systems of granting grants and subsidies for specific research projects should be developed and improved, taking into account the potential effects of the results of these studies on solving specific problems of the development of civilization.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
yes, i also agree with darius p. however, to clarify: a researcher can look for sources for funding his/her own research, if those sources are in the form of grants. it's possible to find grants for individuals. fundraising is different than just finding sources, and that is not allowed, it is especially unethical for a dr to ask patients for money. i'd bet on it that, at least in this country, usa, a dr would be in big trouble for doing that.
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