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The pharmaceutical industry may be very useful here. Of course, it helps if the research fellow works in a specialty in which there is a lot of industry interest. In our view this is a legitimate activity, although some will disagree. Make initial approaches through the relevant local representatives as chances of obtaining funding are often enhanced if the representative is pushing the case. Turn down the offer to discuss this or that product over lunch but tactfully suggest that help towards the travel costs of the next European meeting would be a more worthwhile way to spend the budget.