The way academic research is setup is not currently conducive to effective research. Research must intrinsically be allowed to fail. If you incentivize success,

The way academic research is setup is not currently conducive to effective research. Research must intrinsically be allowed to fail. If you incentivize success, then what happens when someone is 2-4 years in and their only skill is apparently worthless? Without Tenure or the ability for a scientist to accumulate their own savings, there is a strong incentive for most scientists to charitably interpret results/papers to maintain relevance.