What are the biggest challenges facing your field of research?

Some difficulties in the field:
1. Lack of funding, infrastructure and resources for crossdisciplinary research 
2. Lack of well trained (trained for quantitative analysis) and motivated students
3. Increased administrative responsibilities as a prohibitive factor for research and teaching 
4. Lack of good journals and conferences at the national level for local avenues for research  
5. Poorly structured Phd programs
6. Publication bias against women authors from developing country  
7. Non-acceptance of women as a Lead/Principal Investigator - gender+cultural stereotype 

Lack of funding.
Biased decisions

Lack of sufficient funding 
Difficulty in data collection and data analysis

Its brilliant question, I faced two problems; one is lack of funding and the other is the deficit in necessary equipment and apparatus  

1. Lack of funding
2. Corrupt people sitting in decision-making positions and only giving funding and opportunities to their dear ones and bootlickers

Major Academia Related Concerns at University Level in Pakistan

1- Lack of funding

1.Lack of Funding
2.Difficulty in obtaining necessary resources and equipment

Physicians in  are overburdened with patients
Some physicians earn more in clinical practice hence they don't find time for research
Too many steps to follow for utilizing govt grants as it involves public money
Other professions provide better job opportunity than careers in research 

I believe the lack of funding is a big challenge, but the inability of the funding agency and institutions to monitor and utilize the funding judiciously makes the whole system more inefficient.

1-Lack of funding
2- laboratory facilities in Iraq

▶︎ Change in medicine from a profession to a business
▶︎ Diminished ability of physicians across all specialties to understand the critical nature of quality assessment of the patient 
▶︎ Virtually, no standardization in reporting formats (objectified reports) of any aspect of medicine, from research to clinical care
▶︎ Peer review has become a joke insofar as the lack of in-depth critique of the millions of papers being published in the tens of thousands of journals, and with many journals purely driven by income generated via submitted manuscripts
▶︎ All journals receiving any government funding should be "open access."
▶︎ The medical record is a vehicle for reimbursement and not optimizing patient outcome (greed >> good). 
▶︎ Physician collegiality has greatly diminished from 15-20 years ago
▶︎ Medical schools are graduating too few physicians and not selecting those who will practice medicine as a calling versus opportunity for greater wealth and/or ego
Stephen B. Strum, MD, FACP 

Lack of funding.
Lack of access to journals for literature review.
Lack of resource and equipments.

Funding of course, then inaccesibility to journal articles 

нехватка финансирования

The lack of fundings

1) Govt's allotting less funding for research
7) Not having access to the literature
8) poor time management

Low and biased response rates to surveys

1.Lack of funding

 

Lack of funding

 

1- Lack of funding
2- Difficulty in obtaining necessary resources and equipment 

In my opinion the most difficult thing is to find a really new line of research with a medium term refund. That's why I think finding funds is so difficult. It is also very difficult to manage with the ethical commities, specially  in retrospective or observational studies. 

Lack of funding.
Delay in ethical clearance 

LACK OG FUNDING:

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Lack of Funding

Lack of funding
Difficulty in obtaining necessary resources and equipment

1. Lack of funding 
2. Difficulty in accessing participants 

1) Govt's allotting less funding for research
2) Updating instrumentation in labs, need more funding
3) Stuck in your comfort zone
4) Fear of failure/taking risks/not ready to face scientific challenges
5) Lack of relevant experience
6) Future insecurity and lack of opportunities
7) Not having access to the literature
8) poor time management