[Financing research in gynecologic hospitals]

Personal observations show that financing of research projects in Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology have weak points. Some can be defined such as beaurocratic inability and tutelage of experts by lay people. The inexperience of donors of money and the fight for patients result in bad advice. The German Research Society administrates in trust the spending for research of the state. The Research Society has to rely on consultants who often lack intuition for important projects. Many times research money is used for studies of problems which largely already have been solved. The administration of the German Research Society is often overloaded. It is then possible to mislead the German Research Society in groteque manners. It is also detrimental that too many politicians and too many ministeries with too little expertise make too many mistakes especially prior to elections. The consultants should evaluate the use of the German language in their evaluations. After 25 years of participation in academic councils and institutions for research, the conclusion is obvious that the relationship between medical faculties and the universities in general need to be loosend up.