Abstract
How should funding agencies enable researchers to explore high-risk but potentially high-reward science? One model that appears to work is the NSF-funded synthesis center, an incubator for community-led, innovative science.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Biomedical Research / economics*
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Data Interpretation, Statistical
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Financial Management
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Financing, Government / economics*
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Humans
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Research Personnel
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United States
Grants and funding
The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is funded by the National Science Foundation award #EF-0905606. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.