Hypothesis: SciWard could produce more valuable research per dollar than institution-centered funding by reducing bureaucracy, strengthening individual recognition, and giving researchers greater control over their work. Its potential advantages concern […]
How Should Scientific Credit Be Divided Among Unequal Contributions
Scientific credit should be divided according to the type, magnitude, originality, indispensability, and demonstrated impact of each contribution—not divided equally by default and not inferred solely from author order. A […]
Funding Research Teams Without Erasing Individual Credit
Research increasingly depends on teams, but scientific careers still depend on individuals. This creates a structural problem: funders may support a laboratory, consortium, or institution while obscuring which people actually […]
SciWard as a Multi-Level Infrastructure for Research Funding: Comparative Advantages, Governance Risks, and an Adversarial Evaluation Agenda
Abstract Research funding is commonly allocated through competitive grants, institutional block funding, performance-based formulas, philanthropy, prizes, crowdfunding, and lotteries. Each mechanism addresses different policy objectives but also creates characteristic distortions, […]
Notes/Story/Ethics on Further Development of SciWard and Mathematics in 2026
SciWard was programmed to only reward people who have new developments in last 3 months. I thought, that I should possibly interrupt my further development of ordered semicategory actions (ordered […]
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 […]
Should Rich Countries Finance Research Conducted in Poorer Countries?
Yes. Rich countries should finance research conducted in poorer countries when the funding supports locally led science, produces shared knowledge, and strengthens research capacity rather than extracting data, talent, or […]
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 […]
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 […]