Today, I’ve deployed a beta version of SciWard app. This is the app that asks AI, how much a given user is worth, and allocates him/her the proportional share of […]
How to Use SciWard App
This post explains, how to use SciWard app in practice. SciWard is an app that gathers donations from donors and distributes it between scientists and free software developers, giving each […]
How Is Science Financing Broken?
Modern science is widely perceived as a meritocratic enterprise driven by evidence, creativity, and rigor. In practice, however, the way science is financed has become one of the central structural […]
Do We Need Managers in Science?
I claim that the future scientific institutions don’t need managers, they need marketers. Moreover, scientific marketing will turn to become a private business rather than big institutions. For decades, modern […]
Algorithmic Funding: Design Choices That Decide Who Gets Rich
Algorithmic choices in money-allocation systems do intersect with ideology. It could be said, they are the ideology of modern financing. The Myth of Neutral Funding Algorithms Algorithms do not emerge […]
Effective Altruism and the Future of Science: Why Does High-Impact Giving Start With Better Research Infrastructure?
We need software infrastructure for fair and effective distribution of science financing, in order to allow donors and governments to support R&D effectively. Effective Altruism and the Future of Scientific […]
SciWard: Mission, Vision, and Governance
Current status (November 2026): SciWard is an experimental science-funding platform under centralized administrative control. The previous attempt to decentralize control was unsuccessful, and migration to ICP is no longer planned. […]
Security Measures for SciWard and Related Projects
The strict security policy to protect SciWard app from hackers and Trojans. The following security measures will be taken as soon as financing for SciWard and other the science-funding initiative […]
Draft Proposal for an International Treaty: of the International Meritocratic Innovation Organization (INO)
The proposal to organize an international organization for a new kind of financing of science and free software, based on AI evaluation for funding the authors directly (as individual businesses) […]
“SciWard” For Governments
The explanation how SciWard app can be used by governments for cost-effective and fair funding of R&D works based on AI instead of traditional institutions. A new foundation for national […]