There's been an explosion of excitement around grants to enable new research, but grants can only go so far.
I wrote an essay outlining the limits of grants, why research management matters, and some potential alternatives.
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"Grants filter for people who know what the right thing to work on. However, not everybody who could potentially do good work knows the right thing to work on".
💯 project management seems like one of the hardest things for any project. Money is insufficient
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"Patronage/Fund people not projects"
I am intrigued by this idea! it's like "what if grants topped out someone's patreon/open-collective"
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One thing I wonder about the patronage proposal: "it takes less than a thousand people each giving $10 a month"… yes, but to avoid shadows of the future, you really want a multi-year commitment. Having many hundreds of patrons spreads the risk, but I still feel the shadows!!
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is this a call for UBI I hear? ;D
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Crowdfunded enDAOment, perhaps…
Actually makes sense given one can earn 20-35% apy on stables, even insured -> perpetually fund great science
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Wait, thought APYs on stables were like 9%?
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