Post #1262403
2026-01-15 14:22 UTC
How to fund #research with less bias and lower costs? Use more lotteries!
"Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced cost"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65660-9
Give that this is only one of many such reports over the last decades, surely, this has become the standard by now? Oh, wait...
"taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04060-x
Looks like #academia really is evidence-resistant 🫣
Replies (2)
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@mzloteanu@mastodon.social 2026-01-15 20:26
@brembs@mastodon.social note to self: buy lottery tickets to fund my research :)
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@mattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz 2026-01-16 10:53
@brembs@mastodon.social That Nature story had a silver lining: most GenAI for Africa projects weren't funded, showing a rigorous process and avoiding foisting this tech on those communities. Their mistake was launching that specific grant fund in the first place.