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I think there is also room for more prestigious awards to be named and given out. Perhaps one could function exclusively to shine a light on collaborative effor
by KGIII 9y ago
I think there is also room for more prestigious awards to be named and given out. Perhaps one could function exclusively to shine a light on collaborative efforts?
I also think there's a little that some of us can do in this same/similar space. Maybe not at this scale, but quite a few of us have sold their company and made a few dollars. It's not terribly expensive to start a small managed trust and provide things like scholarships in perpetuity. It's not the prestige of a Nobel, but it's a little something that can go a long ways.
- davrosthedalek 9y agoIn that sense, we should also think about crowd-founded science. For example, travel costs are always a problem. There are also many table-top experiments which could be realized just with a small cash infusion. Most contributions to universities do not actually benefit an experiment in a direct way.
- KGIII 9y agoThe closest I've come to that was helping somebody attend a conference. That's a good idea, I think.
- specialist 9y agoI'm very interested novel funding strategies. A friend of mine is directly funding early stage research related to Lyme Disease. Like an angel investor? Helping to bridge the gap between an idea and applying for grants.
- davrosthedalek 9y agoPlease thank you friend for me. Edit: Altruistic angel investor, I would call it. There is no pay-out coming, except maybe for acknowledgment in a paper and pride to have helped.
- ISL 9y agoCheck out the Breakthrough Prize.
- KGIII 9y agoNeat. It's still fairly new. It doesn't appear to prohibit collaborations, though it doesn't seem to emphasize them. I only skimmed their site and Wikipedia. There's probably room for lots of prizes, without diluting the importance of the Nobel.
- ISL 9y agoThere's room for plenty of prizes, as well as private underwriting of quality research.