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I wish other people could take this into a recurring proceess. I've experianced that it's very hard to get research funded when you do not have a hard-science g
by gravypod 10y ago
I wish other people could take this into a recurring proceess. I've experianced that it's very hard to get research funded when you do not have a hard-science goal in the scientific community. For instance, right now I'm attempting to get funding to write software to do hard-science with but that is not fundable from normal sources (NSF) despite being a very good project that will enable researchers to study things that they were previously unable to.
Most grants today are "I want you to study X" not "Do something that's really worth the money" or "Build something that will genuenly help people or improve life for everyone".
- nikofeyn 10y agodisciplined minds by jeff schmidt talks about this "i want you to study x" phenomenon and how it tricks people into thinking they are truly defining their academic research direction.
- tlb 10y agoAlso, NSF likes to give large, recurring grants to big institutions, because that maximizes the $/effort ratio. Single-person software projects are below the level they like to fund. SBIRs are better for small amounts, but in practice they are so narrowly targeted that unless you lobbied 2 years ago for something to be in there, it won't be.
- hactually 10y agoTake a look at experiment - https://experiment.com/discover https://experiment.com/discover Is that not a similar idea?