The funding structures need to be reorganized. Some ideas I think have merit are basing grant award on a lottery system, or funding individual researchers based on previous research for a limited nonrenewable period of time.
Grant review panels need to be mixed up dramatically. Currently they consist largely of people who have received grants in the past. One of the biggest predictors of proposal rating is being a co-author of people on the grant panel. I think grant panels need to be based on some lottery system too, like everyone with an ORCID ID gets thrown into a pool somehow, like jury duty.
Universities need to be funded in a way that's separated from grant receipts.
Federal grant funding needs to be increased.
Indirect funds need to be eliminated.
The funding structures need to be reorganized. Some ideas I think have merit are basing grant award on a lottery system, or funding individual researchers based on previous research for a limited nonrenewable period of time.
Grant review panels need to be mixed up dramatically. Currently they consist largely of people who have received grants in the past. One of the biggest predictors of proposal rating is being a co-author of people on the grant panel. I think grant panels need to be based on some lottery system too, like everyone with an ORCID ID gets thrown into a pool somehow, like jury duty.
Universities need to be funded in a way that's separated from grant receipts.