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NIH (as many other grant giving sources) is a government agency, they will do this if told by the government.
by ptero 2y ago
NIH (as many other grant giving sources) is a government agency, they will do this if told by the government.
- SJC_Hacker 2y agoThe incentive to the PI (professor). "I replicated X's work" or even "I was unable to replicate X's work" isn't exactly a career maker Although I guess you could get the few staff scientists at the NIH to handle it. Some older professors who already have tenure might be willing to help out, if they don't already have much else on their plate
- hoseja 2y agoThere are oodles of people doing rote labwork/innovation-less but nonetheless skilled scientific-like work. How are they motivated? Academia's perverse reputational economy is the aberration, not the norm.