A recent finding shows that interdisciplinary work has a consistently lower chance of funding Advocates  of specialization argue that experts are the only ones with specialization is needed for  a deep understanding of a field and that interdisciplinary studies results in a shallow understanding of things. Higher education structure and culture may limit researchers from collaborating. Despite universities and fundingorganizations claiming to support interdisciplinary work (see NSF and NIH), researchers report  that stresses connections versus specifics.