Metascience
How can we change the incentives and funding structures within science to produce more breakthrough research?
The U.S. federal government is the single largest source of science funding in the world. Despite how much we’re spending, we know surprisingly little about how the structures, incentives, and organizational models within science impact the results we get.
We need more experimentation and diversification in the way the U.S. government funds cutting-edge science. And we need to do a better job of funding young and talented scientists to work on their most ambitious, highest expected value ideas.
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Featured Publication
How Much Should We Spend on Scientific Replication?
A data-driven framework for targeting replication funding where it matters most
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American Science Should Take a Lot More Risks
Scientific efficiency isn’t primarily about the dollars we could save; it’s about the breakthroughs we could be missing
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Indirect Cost Recovery and American Innovation: Context and Ideas for Reform
How the government covers indirect costs directly affects scientific innovation
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Sweat the Small Stuff
From immigration to family policy, inaccurate and missing federal data undermine major policy reforms
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Biotechnology
The Case for Clinical Trial Abundance
A series of short papers outlining reform possibilities for America's clinical trials
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The “Metascience 101” Podcast Series
A nine-episode set of interviews that doubles as a crash course in the debates, issues, and ideas driving the modern metascience movement
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Progress Deferred: Lessons From mRNA Vaccine Development
We can restructure science funding to help breakthrough research translate more quickly
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The ARPA Model: A Reading List
A comprehensive syllabus on the ARPA model and its family tree
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To Speed Up Scientific Progress, We Need to Understand Science Policy
Three ways to bridge the divide between researchers and policymakers
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Funding Delays Are Slowing Scientific Progress
It shouldn't take scientists 20 months to navigate the grant process
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How the NSF Moved Faster than the NIH During COVID-19
The pandemic highlighted how flexible funding authority can save lives during a crisis
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How DARPA Can Anticipate Downside Risk
A response to DARPA's request for information on assessing ethical, legal, and societal implications of emerging technologies
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How DARPA Can Proactively Shape Emerging Technologies
A response to DARPA's request for information on assessing ethical, legal, and societal implications of emerging technologies
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Building a Better NIH
A series of short papers outlining the growth potential for our nation's premier health R&D funder
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Can Policymakers Trust Forecasters?
Experts, modelers, and forecasters try to predict events, but which of them are most reliable?
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But Seriously, How Do We Make an Entrepreneurial State?
Some practical strategies for rebuilding state capacity
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How to Translate Research Findings into Policy
Recommendations for successfully communicating with policymakers
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Drug Pricing Reforms Could Hurt Innovation
Here Are Three Ways to Prevent That
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Piloting and Evaluating NSF Science Lottery Grants: A Roadmap to Improving Research Funding Efficiencies and Proposal Diversity
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Fund Organizations, Not Projects: Diversifying America’s Innovation Ecosystem with a Portfolio of Independent Research Organizations
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Improving Graduate-Student Mentorship by Investing in Traineeship Grants
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