You might be interested in the Ronin Institute, basically a bunch of former academics who left traditional institutions, but are still pursuing scientific resea

You might be interested in the Ronin Institute, basically a bunch of former academics who left traditional institutions, but are still pursuing scientific research. http://ronininstitute.org/ http://ronininstitute.org/ I'm still a grad student, but am definitely considering pursing my own goals once I finish. Fortunately the finical barriers are not insurmountable for some really interesting fields.