- Apr 2022
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www.facetsjournal.com www.facetsjournal.com
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Caulfield, T., Bubela, T., Kimmelman, J., & Ravitsky, V. (2021). Let’s do better: Public representations of COVID-19 science. FACETS, 6, 403–423. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2021-0018
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- Feb 2022
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twitter.com twitter.com
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Kevin Courtney #NEU💝NHS. (2022, January 5). Ventilation isn’t just for Covid.... ...It’s for Education This study looks at the impact of CO2 not just as a marker of pollution but as a pollutant in itself. It shows that as CO2 rises above 700/800 ppm cognitive function begins to be impaired https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/27662232/4892924.pdf?sequence=1&fbclid=IwAR2kWIHIJfssa_sw72MD6W1hnkDvSm4bikK5FOLxwQxhjYLEYjfPCfzXz3E [Tweet]. @cyclingkev. https://twitter.com/cyclingkev/status/1478778857536860170
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- Jan 2022
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news.sky.com news.sky.com
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Coronavirus: Inside a long COVID clinic as patient who was “fit and healthy” can now “barely do anything.” (n.d.). Sky News. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-inside-a-long-covid-clinic-as-patient-who-was-fit-and-healthy-can-now-barely-do-anything-12522619
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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In a recent paper, Pierre Azoulay and co-authors concluded that Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s long-term grants to high-potential scientists made those scientists 96 percent more likely to produce breakthrough work. If this finding is borne out, it suggests that present funding mechanisms are likely to be far from optimal, in part because they do not focus enough on research autonomy and risk taking.
Risk taking and the potential return are key pieces of progress.
Most of our research funding apparatus isn't set up with a capitalistic structure. Would that be good or bad for accelerating progress?
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Along these lines, the world would benefit from an organized effort to understand how we should identify and train brilliant young people, how the most effective small groups exchange and share ideas, which incentives should exist for all sorts of participants in innovative ecosystems (including scientists, entrepreneurs, managers, and engineers), how much different organizations differ in productivity (and the drivers of those differences), how scientists should be selected and funded, and many other related issues besides.
These are usually incredibly political questions that aren't always done logically.
See for example Malcolm Gladwell's podcast episode My Little Hundred Million.
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Banerjee, A. (2022, January 12). I’m leading a long Covid trial – it’s clear Britain has underestimated its impact. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/12/long-covid-trial-britain-short-term-virus
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Galvão-Castro, B., Cordeiro, R. S. B., & Goldenberg, S. (2022). Brazilian science under continuous attack. The Lancet, 399(10319), 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02727-6
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Happi, C. T., & Nkengasong, J. N. (2022). Two years of COVID-19 in Africa: Lessons for the world. Nature, 601(7891), 22–25. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03821-8
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- Dec 2021
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Replicating scientific results is tough—But essential. (2021). Nature, 600(7889), 359–360. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-03736-4
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thesephist.com thesephist.com
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In a world where labs become sustainable by spinning out products, researchers need some way to de-risk their initial work, when they won’t have any new products or technologies to sell. I think this is an effective place for open-ended research grant programs.
This is a lovely idea, but it feels like it's just kicking the can down the road. Who's funding these grants? Where do those monies come from? That's the real problem.
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- Nov 2021
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www.science.org www.science.org
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Couzin-Frankel, J. (2021). Antiviral pills could change pandemic’s course. Science, 374(6569), 799–800. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.acx9605
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- Oct 2021
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twitter.com twitter.com
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Matt Butler on Twitter: “The public’s verdict on SARS-CoV2, the virus causing Covid-19, and the importance this has in Hospitals. Firstly the majority of frontline staff and public surveyed agree #COVIDisAirborne. Yes echo chamber and all but this is the best I have till a big hitter does similar. /1 https://t.co/Yzg9y4NWSM” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2021, from https://twitter.com/mjb302/status/1441580000508092416
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- Jul 2021
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www.upwork.com www.upwork.com
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Policy Opportunities for the Remote Economy | Upwork. (n.d.). Retrieved July 2, 2021, from https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/policy-opportunities-for-the-remote-economy
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- Jun 2021
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twitter.com twitter.com
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Richard McElreath 🍜 on Twitter: “Everything is selection effects, always has been. From page 162 of my book: Https://t.co/tQaeF2LXkW” / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved June 28, 2021, from https://twitter.com/rlmcelreath/status/1396040993175126018
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- May 2021
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Park, J. J. H., Ford, N., Xavier, D., Ashorn, P., Grais, R. F., Bhutta, Z. A., Goossens, H., Thorlund, K., Socias, M. E., & Mills, E. J. (2021). Randomised trials at the level of the individual. The Lancet Global Health, 9(5), e691–e700. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30540-4
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Park, J. J. H., Mogg, R., Smith, G. E., Nakimuli-Mpungu, E., Jehan, F., Rayner, C. R., Condo, J., Decloedt, E. H., Nachega, J. B., Reis, G., & Mills, E. J. (2021). How COVID-19 has fundamentally changed clinical research in global health. The Lancet Global Health, 9(5), e711–e720. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30542-8
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- Apr 2021
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www.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org
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Komporozos-Athanasiou, Aris, Jonathan Paylor, and Christopher Mckevitt. ‘Governing Researchers through Public Involvement’. Journal of Social Policy, undefined/ed, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727942100012X.
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leonidtiokhin.medium.com leonidtiokhin.medium.com
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Tiokhin, L. (2021, April 21). Why indirect contributions matter for science and scientists. Medium. https://leonidtiokhin.medium.com/why-indirect-contributions-matter-for-science-and-scientists-6c9bf827bc7d
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- Mar 2021
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Knowles, R., Mateen, B. A., & Yehudi, Y. (2021). We need to talk about the lack of investment in digital research infrastructure. Nature Computational Science, 1(3), 169–171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-021-00048-5
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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Yong, S. by E. (n.d.). How Science Beat the Virus. The Atlantic. Retrieved 20 February 2021, from https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/01/science-covid-19-manhattan-project/617262/
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Cahill, B., & Masia, M. (2020). Four ways to fight science-funding cuts across Europe. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03121-7
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- Feb 2021
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twitter.com twitter.com
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Dr Elaine Toomey on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 24 February 2021, from https://twitter.com/ElaineToomey1/status/1357343820417933316
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- Oct 2020
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www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
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Online Research Tools and Techniques. (2020, September 16). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWqBtDkOFs
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www.metamute.org www.metamute.org
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Almost every major technological advance of the last two hundred years has taken place with the aid of large amounts of public money and under a good deal of government influence. The technologies of the computer and the Net were invented with the aid of massive state subsidies.
examples of government (public) funding for research and it's effects
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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Australian research gets billion-dollar boost in sweeping stimulus budget. (2020). Nature. Retrieved October 09, 2020, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02835-y?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews
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- Sep 2020
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www.nature.com www.nature.com
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A pandemic is no time to cut the European Research Council’s funding. (2020). Nature, 585(7825), 323–324. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02620-x
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www.psychologicalscience.org www.psychologicalscience.org
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Online Research: From Funding to Data Collection. (n.d.). Association for Psychological Science - APS. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/online-research.html
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Postdocs in crisis: Science cannot risk losing the next generation. (2020). Nature, 585(7824), 160–160. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02541-9
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- Jul 2020
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www.medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com
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Basen. R. (2020) Sports Leagues' COVID-19 Research: Who Will It Help? Medpagetoday. Retrieved from: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87604
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- Jun 2020
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www.leverhulme.ac.uk www.leverhulme.ac.uk
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Research we do not fund | The Leverhulme Trust. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2020, from https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/research-we-do-not-fund
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www.tandfonline.com www.tandfonline.com
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Bell, Kirsten, and Judith Green. “Premature Evaluation? Some Cautionary Thoughts on Global Pandemics and Scholarly Publishing.” Critical Public Health 0, no. 0 (May 22, 2020): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1769406.
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- May 2020
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Nogrady, B. (2020). Coronavirus shut-downs pose huge threat to Australian research jobs. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01407-4
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Holmes, E. A., O’Connor, R. C., Perry, V. H., Tracey, I., Wessely, S., Arseneault, L., Ballard, C., Christensen, H., Silver, R. C., Everall, I., Ford, T., John, A., Kabir, T., King, K., Madan, I., Michie, S., Przybylski, A. K., Shafran, R., Sweeney, A., … Bullmore, E. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for action for mental health science. The Lancet Psychiatry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30168-1
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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Taber, S. (2019, September 18). The Problem With Sugar-Daddy Science. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/problem-sugar-daddy-science/598231/
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www.thelancet.com www.thelancet.com
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Makoni, M. (2020). Keeping COVID-19 at bay in Africa. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, S2213260020302198. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30219-8
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- Apr 2020
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www.canada.ca www.canada.ca
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Government of Canada. (2020). Government of Canada funds 49 additional COVID-19 research projects – Details of the funded projects. Canada.ca. https://www.canada.ca/en/institutes-health-research/news/2020/03/government-of-canada-funds-49-additional-covid-19-research-projects-details-of-the-funded-projects.html
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www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
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UK Government. (2020 April 03). £20 million for ambitious technologies to build UK resilience following coronavirus outbreak. Gov.uk. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/20-million-for-ambitious-technologies-to-build-uk-resilience-following-coronavirus-outbreak
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www.nsf.gov www.nsf.gov
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wellcome.ac.uk wellcome.ac.uk
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Epidemic Preparedness: Coronavirus (COVID-19) funding call | Wellcome. (n.d.). Retrieved April 14, 2020, from https://wellcome.ac.uk/grant-funding/schemes/epidemic-preparedness-covid-19
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www.apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk www.apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk
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Competition overview—Business-led innovation in response to global disruption (de minimis)—Innovation Funding Service. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/covid19/overview.html#summary
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www.ukri.org www.ukri.org
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Apply to switch your existing funding to Covid-19 priority areas—UK Research and Innovation. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/ukri-open-call-for-research-and-innovation-ideas-to-address-covid-19/apply-to-switch-your-existing-funding-to-covid-19-priority-areas/
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www.ukri.org www.ukri.org
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Open Letter to the Research and Innovation Community—UK Research and Innovation. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.ukri.org/news/open-letter-to-the-research-and-innovation-community/
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docs.google.com docs.google.com
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[Call for Projects]—Solve for Coronavirus (COVID-19). (n.d.). Google Docs. Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaBX3QExpXffg6mWDBZ77bftzR7zg9cduZBMoIwsD7DwSUDQ/viewform?usp=embed_facebook
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www.fwf.ac.at www.fwf.ac.atDetail1
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Detail. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/news-and-media-relations/news/detail/nid/20200326-2500/
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www.dfg.de www.dfg.de
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DFG, German Research Foundation—Call for Multidisciplinary Research into Epidemics and Pandemics in Response to the Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2020, from https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/2020/info_wissenschaft_20_20/
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www.wwtf.at www.wwtf.atCOVID-191
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COVID-19. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2020, from https://www.wwtf.at/covid/index.php?lang=EN
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www.axa-research.org www.axa-research.org
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Exceptional Flash Call for Proposals: Mitigating risk in the wake of the... (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2020, from https://www.axa-research.org/fr/page/call-for-proposals-mitigating-risk-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
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www.ukri.org www.ukri.org
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COVID-19 therapy, vaccine, epidemiology and policy development research boosted by twenty-one new projects—UK Research and Innovation. (n.d.). Retrieved April 21, 2020, from https://www.ukri.org/news/covid-19-research-boosted-by-new-projects/
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sciencebusiness.net sciencebusiness.net
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Interview: We should tackle COVID-19 head on, but now is not the time to cut basic research. (n.d.). Science|Business. Retrieved April 22, 2020, from https://sciencebusiness.net/news/interview-we-should-tackle-covid-19-head-now-not-time-cut-basic-research
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- Dec 2019
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wellcomeopenresearch.org wellcomeopenresearch.org
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OPP1151904
Would be nice if that identifier would lead somewhere useful. A web search for it yielded https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15442.1 , which is also included in the collection "GFBR: The ethics of data sharing and biobanking in health research" available via https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/collections/gfbr18 .
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- May 2019
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techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
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Funding organizations like universities and foundations can get in touch with authors to back their future work, or spot trends of where breakthroughs are being made so they can funnel resources correctly
Essentially GoFundMe or Patreon for the science set! This is nearly laughable and unlikely to really happen.
Maybe VC culture can invade science research and screw that up too!
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- Sep 2017
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We spend a lot of public and private money chasing silver bullets in education. I propose we would be better served by investing that money in providing educators with the training, support, and incentives to participate in the work of advancing the sciences of learning.
for teachers as "citizen scientists"
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- Apr 2016
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deevybee.blogspot.com deevybee.blogspot.com
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A system that assumes a "quite good" institution is unable to get better, and thus denies them the funds that would enable them to get better, is probably not an optimal system for promoting merit. A system that rewards in proportion to merit would at least be able to recognise and reflect the dynamism of university research; research groups wax and wane as people come, go, get disheartened, get re-invigorated.
On the importance of funding middle-ground
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it could be argued that we don’t just need an elite: we need a reasonable number of institutions in which there is a strong research environment, where more senior researchers feel valued and their graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to aim high. Our best strategy for retaining international competitiveness might be by fostering those who are doing well but have potential to do even better
capacity requires top and middle.
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