SciWard (SciWard) is a proposed system for distributing donated money among scientists and free and open-source software developers according to AI-assessed merit. It attempts to replace grant applications, institutional credentials, […]
How Much Scientific Progress Can a $10 Donation Buy
A $10 donation cannot usually finance an entire laboratory experiment, research paper, or mathematical monograph. Modern biomedical research grants can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, this does not […]
A World Science Fund: Governance Without World Government
A World Science Fund would not require a world government. It could operate as a federated, treaty-compatible funding network in which countries, foundations, universities, companies, and individual donors contribute under […]
Can Global Funding Protect Science from National Political Cycles?
Global funding can protect science from national political cycles, but only if it distributes financial and governance power across multiple countries, institutions, and funding mechanisms. An international label alone is […]
National Science Policy vs Science as a Global Public Good
Science is financed mainly by national governments, but scientific knowledge rarely remains within national borders. A theorem proved in one country, a dataset assembled in another, and software maintained elsewhere […]
What Would a Truly Global Science Fund Look Like?
A truly global science fund would finance valuable research regardless of a scientist’s nationality, institutional prestige, discipline, or access to established grant networks. It would pool resources internationally, evaluate scientific […]
Could SciWard Reduce the Matthew Effect in Science?
SciWard could reduce the Matthew effect by rewarding observable scientific contributions rather than prior grants, institutional prestige, or established reputation. However, SciWard would not eliminate cumulative advantage automatically. Without deliberate […]
How SciWard Could Reward Data, Code, Proofs, and Replications Separately
Scientific funding usually treats a research paper as the main unit of achievement. This approach overlooks much of the work that makes science possible: collecting reliable data, developing research software, […]
Why Funding Agencies Should Explain Every Rejection—and How SciWard Already Does This
Scientific funding agencies should provide a meaningful explanation for every rejected application. A rejection should identify the decisive reasons, the evidence or criteria behind them, and whether the problem concerns […]
Continuous Funding: What If Scientists Were Paid After Every Useful Result?
Scientists are usually funded in large, infrequent decisions. A researcher writes a proposal, waits through peer review, and—if selected—receives enough money for a project lasting several years. Once the grant […]