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How do you allocate funding?
by sliverstorm 9y ago
How do you allocate funding?
- geofft 9y agoGive funding and recognition/status to large organizations (groups of at least 100 researchers) that produce good work, without naming names except perhaps in truly exceptional cases. Refuse meddling from outside incentives that break the organizational abstraction barrier (prizes, fellowships, grant proposals that with individuals named on them, fellowships or grant proposals that stay with individuals across organizations, etc.). Create alternative structures that recognize organizations that are producing results with fame and fortune. Note that by "organizations" I don't mean "universities" or "institutions". Departments should probably be treated separately, as different departments within an institution can easily drift in terms of quality. Meanwhile, it should be possible recognize collaborations of researchers across researchers as an entity: if the collaboration wants to support a researcher moving between institutions and wants to keep supporting them, that doesn't lead to the same flaws, I think.