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Abstract

Over the past 15 years researchers in Malaysia have come to rely upon the IRPA and to a lesser extent other programs from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Environment) as their main source of research funding. During this period the emphasis have grown for projects with “products” as the main outcome. If the rumours are true, this emphasis its seems will be reinforced in the next Malaysia Plan. This is a cause for concern for its impact on the development of a growing research environment and culture in this country will be significant.