National assessments in verse In the form of a haiku, assess the strengths and weaknesses of science in your home country or a country in which you have lived. Read a selection of the responses here. Authors reside in the country their poem describes unless otherwise noted. Follow NextGen Voices on social media with hashtag #NextGenSci. —Jennifer Sills
United Arab Emirates Pioneers of the Gulf First Arab nation The latest news, commentary, and research, free to your inbox daily At the forefront of science With help from afar Half us, half imported Few local trials Researchers flown in, not grown Homegrown seeds need care Rida Ismail, Cyprus Argentina Schmidt ocean expedition Storni’s wondrous sea Caught our country’s attention We deal in passion Unlike Alfonsina Not suicide but Drowning by lack of funding Where will our dreams go? Ana Brenda Guzovsky Brazil Brazillion reasons to believe Creativity flows Cultures blend, ideas ignite Science blooms with soul Giovana Rosa Gameiro Race of resources We can run so fast But money woes make us walk Or fly far away Camila Fonseca Amorim da Silva United Kingdom Academic superpower Halls of Newton’s thought Minds from all countries gathered Ideas sparked change Brexit Borders now drawn tight Visas bar the brightest minds Innovations blocked Wadim Strielkowski Egypt Heritage of knowledge Nile flows with wisdom Ancient science inspires now Young minds seek the stars Lost potential Bright minds fly abroad Old labs wait for missing funds Great thoughts go unheard Shaimaa Fathy Khalifa Norway Upcycling North Sea oil profits Plenty of corporate tax For climate research Priorities Healthy salmon goals New antibiotics join First-in-fish trials Lucas Matthias Weissenborn Iran Chained science Brilliant minds silenced Freedom lost to politics Knowledge cannot grow Ancient lessons >From old scholars’ books Knowledge passed through centuries Wisdom still endures Encieh Erfani, Canada Syria A survival story Torn by war and pain Blood drained, brain drained, badly scarred Science can still rise Rasha Hamama Country of great doctors Minds absorbing all Schools drill theory to the core Doors to college wide Abdulkader Alhussein Philippines Forging the future Pearl of Orient Innovating step by step Breaking barriers Christian Abagat In the dark Land of the mystics So powerful in number Burning truth-seekers Jazreen Angel Plaza Chile Interpreting the universe Meteorites fall Revealing long history Celestial guides Precarious science No grants left to find Science slowly suffocates Ideas lost in minds Mariana Rodríguez Donoso China Rising labs Telescopes trace skies Quantum keys guard city streets Breakthroughs grow from seeds Hollow harvest Paper mills grind fast Counting seeds not the fruits grown Empty patents bloom Yuankai Du El Salvador Threats Self-censorship and The scientific method Do not mix nicely Resist Uncertainty looms Labs persist despite loss of Academic freedom Esmeralda Valdivieso-Mora India Space dreamers Stars are within reach Rockets soar to the cosmos Hope takes to the sky Low pay Scientists earn less Passion cannot pay the bills Job prospects look dim Ankita Gupta France Open minds Labs bloom in cafés Ideas swirl like red wine pours Science loves a chat Red tape tango Forms stack like baguettes Research a bureaucrat’s dance Innovation waits Eric Demoncheaux Greece Wise pedagogy Excellent schooling High quality at no charge Merit and access Brain drain strain Common tragedy Brightest minds leave forever No returning tide Fotis Tsiroukis, Germany Jordan Heritage and inquiry Ancient scripts inspire History meets inquiry Knowledge synthesized Career constraints Career paths constrained Many certified, few hired Patience running out Anas Shawah’en Mexico Science goals In modern science Chasing papers, citations Not social progress Minority scientists Burning with passion We always advance science Despite shortcomings Oscar Xavier Guerrero Gutiérrez Thailand Silent pages Words fade into air Few abroad will ever share Bright minds, not cited Bridges of minds Hands reach ’cross the seas Besting tropical disease Cures in the warm breeze JiaHao Shi Canada Canadian wild Funds dry like Chinook Experiments face high peaks Grant stream a trickle Wide horizons Snow falls but we rise Labs knit throughout provinces Many minds, one North Casimiro Gerarduzzi Pakistan Rising sparks Minds bloom in the sun Lab dreams hum in crowded rooms Hope guides every hand Broken nest Young wings seek the sky But the nest has broken twigs Flights go far from home Jawad Ullah Spain Sunlit science Orange trees in bloom Labs glow like summer plazas Ideas dance free Slow gears Bright plans meet long talks Siesta drapes afternoons Deadlines lose their way Hao Zhang, USA Nepal Politics vs. science Ministers chase votes Not science grants; as wild herbs Wait on hills, unknown Himalaya spark As budgets decline Students tinker, share, and test Labs bloom from small homes Prayan Pokharel Sudan Dreams face fire Hopes refuse to die Weapons down, let minds speak up Science lights the way Books over bread Poverty builds walls Minds starved and schools left empty Food craved more than books Moram Saeed United States Visa hold Talent waits in line The borders say “not just yet!” Dreams stuck at the gate Ranjeet Singh Mahla NIH cuts Tides of fascism Rise faster than the oceans Yet still we write grants Rachel Pollard FROM SCIENCE KR IRS 31025 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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