I see similarities here with pharma and medical research. Conflicts of interest are endemic there, and they will be here, too, but this sort of sponsorship is i

I see similarities here with pharma and medical research. Conflicts of interest are endemic there, and they will be here, too, but this sort of sponsorship is inevitable. What can be done? In the case of pharma, I'm OK with them sponsoring peer reviewed, academic research, as long as policies are in place to make it immediately obvious where the money is coming from when I read the literature.