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Shared January 24, 2019

Researchers spend much of their time writing grant applications, which adds up to a lot of wasted resources. Is there a better way to fund science?

Special thanks to Profs. Kevin Gross and Carl T. Bergstrom.
Their paper "Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions"
https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03732