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An average NIH grant is >$500k.[1] I fail to see how a $20k prize is going to motivate anyone. It’s not like a rando can do longevity research in their garage.
by oefrha 4y ago
An average NIH grant is >$500k.[1] I fail to see how a $20k prize is going to motivate anyone. It’s not like a rando can do longevity research in their garage.
[1] https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/155 https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/155
- karamanolev 4y agoThe $20k prize is specifically, from what I read, for randos who can trawl through past research and find forgotten ideas, with the goal to resurface them. To quote: "Over a century of all the world’s biological knowledge is available to anyone taking the time to read the literature."
- fuzzfactor 4y agoThat's basically $20K for an idea. That's very good money if you already have the right idea. Or can come up with one real easy.
- oefrha 4y agoIf you read the details at https://www.longevityprize.com/prizes/hypothesis https://www.longevityprize.com/prizes/hypothesis, it's really aimed mainly at people with relevant training who's already working in the area of their submission or ready to do follow-up hands-on research, rather than being a public suggestion box. I agree it doesn't preclude randos from winning though.