• Question: what would you all do if you won the lottery

    Asked by 472mecm34 to Alan, Ciorsdaidh, Lauren, Leonie, Martin, Neil, Shuo on 13 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Neil Keddie

      Neil Keddie answered on 13 Mar 2018:

      I would spend some of the money on my family, probably buy a bigger house somewhere up in the north of Scotland, and go on some amazing holidays to snowy places (my favourite). With some of the rest, I’d like to invest in setting up my own trust that supports scientists to make new discoveries in areas that don’t get a lot of science funding.

    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 13 Mar 2018:

      An interesting question… I go with Neil in that I’d probably spend some on my family. The balance I might invest in a fund in such a way that it might support my own research group and that of others in UK universities working in astrochemistry. Problem is that kind of fund needs a lot of money to have any impact and I don’t think winning the UK lottery would be enough!

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      Lauren Webster answered on 13 Mar 2018:

      This is a great question!!! I would definitely spend some money on my family, holiday somewhere. But something I said I would always do, is to become part of a Private Public Partnership with the University and donate money to one of their projects. I don’t need all the money but someone else might be able to benefit from it 🙂 Sounds strange as well but I would still come to work…I know I am not right eh!!!

    • Photo: Alan McCue

      Alan McCue answered on 13 Mar 2018:

      Buy scientific equipment for the lab 🙂 and create a scholarship scheme to help students do postgraduate degrees!

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