A Limited Set of Rigid Organizational Structures for Organizing and Funding Research Constrains the Forms of R&D That Get Done
This is more of a meta-bottleneck. But scientists are spending a lot of time not doing science, and the institutional structures in which they work are often set up with incentive structures that hinder certain kinds of outcomes, like more coordinated research.
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There are various solutions that could help scientists spend less time fundraising and more time doing science. This could include new structures for research institutes, where researchers don’t need to apply for external grants, and new tools for decentralized science funding.