Across evaluation panels for funding and job positions and strategic research agendas a clear pattern has emerged: scientific research is increasingly expected to justify itself through immediate applicability. Grant calls emphasize industrial partnerships, technological transfer, measurable impact, and short-term deliverables. Proposals are routinely evaluated and selected not only for their intellectual value but largely for their potential to generate marketable products, policy instruments, or societal solutions within tight timeframes. The emphasis on applicability is comprehensible but on its own it cannot justify the current trend. Basic science—driven by curiosity rather than by immediate use—is the foundation upon which applied innovation ultimately rests.
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