When funding for a line of work you were involved in has contracted, what has most often happened to that work?

Answer Explanations

• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-395831
  Since passion for the research does not get stifled with funding, it is continued using a different set of experimental procedures.
• It ended

  user-74194
  Work for hire. Once complete, it ended
• It shifted toward a question a different funder was willing to pay for

  user-762565
  As a researcher, I believe that scientific research is a continuous process and does not end at a single point; it requires ongoing effort to achieve my objectives
• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-80096
  Usually the work continues, but with smaller sample or more focused question. We try to use available resources.
• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-709065
  NOT APPLICABLE
• This has not arisen for work I have been involved in

  user-378118
  In view of reduced funding, my response was get better projects; and so far it has worked.
  Funding in my institution is a competitive process: only the top quality projects are funded. This process has worked for more than 50 years.
  
  
• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-77091
  If the contraction is less than 50%, a reduced scale would be the choice. If it is more substantial, then the whole project stops and is very unlikely to rise from the ashes.
• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-929952
  This really depends on the work topic
• It continued at a similar scale, funded by another source

  user-960476
  In the cases I’ve been involved with, we were usually able to find money elsewhere and keep the work going more or less as planned. It sometimes meant piecing together support from different sources rather than finding one direct replacement, but we generally did not have to cut the work back very much.
• It ended

  user-194414
  In spain at least, when funding ends project also ends... it's a pity, but is the ecosystem.
• It was paused and has not restarted

  user-703602
  It was completely poused. All staff were terminated some get other job other still didn't get an other job. 
• It continued, but at a reduced scale or on a narrower question

  user-807035
  When funding has been reduced, the work has generally continued by narrowing the scope, prioritising key objectives, or working with the resources that remained available
• It shifted toward a question a different funder was willing to pay for

  user-648091
  will be dependent on other funder.