{"id":20593,"date":"2025-10-23T16:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T16:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=20593"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:49:32","slug":"scientific-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Scientific Funding \u2014 and the Next Great Leap in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-3605328586\" class=\"scien-before-content scien-entity-placement\"><style>\r\n.amazon-support-link {\r\n    display: inline-flex;\r\n    align-items: baseline;\r\n    gap: 0.3rem;\r\n    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;\r\n    color: inherit;\r\n    font-size: 0.88rem;\r\n    line-height: 1.2;\r\n    text-decoration: none;\r\n    opacity: 0.72;\r\n    white-space: nowrap;\r\n    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link:hover,\r\n.amazon-support-link:focus-visible {\r\n    opacity: 1;\r\n    text-decoration: 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class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific-funding\/#The_Rise_of_Decentralized_Science_DeSci\" >The Rise of Decentralized Science (DeSci)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific-funding\/#The_Next_Stage_AI_Internet-Meritocracy_AIIM\" >The Next Stage: AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific-funding\/#Why_This_Matters\" >Why This Matters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific-funding\/#How_You_Can_Help\" >How You Can Help<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_Royal_Patrons_to_National_Science\"><\/span>From Royal Patrons to National Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The history of scientific funding is as old as organized science itself. In the early centuries of modern science, pioneering researchers often depended on personal wealth or private patrons. Figures like Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton carried out much of their research thanks to noble or royal sponsorship. Science was a privilege of the few \u2014 accessible mostly to those who either belonged to elite circles or could convince them of the value of their work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By the 19th and early 20th centuries, as science began to industrialize, nations recognized its strategic and economic importance. Government agencies started to fund research, and national academies grew into powerful institutions. The public model of funding \u2014 research grants, university laboratories, and national <a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.hms.harvard.edu\/articles\/brief-history-federal-funding-basic-science\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/magazine.hms.harvard.edu\/articles\/brief-history-federal-funding-basic-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projects <\/a>\u2014 became the dominant system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Age_of_Competitive_Grants\"><\/span>The Age of Competitive Grants<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After World War II, government funding for science expanded rapidly. Programs like those run by National Science Foundation in the U.S. or the European Research Council in the EU gave billions to researchers worldwide. This era enabled unprecedented scientific progress \u2014 from space exploration to modern medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8.png\" alt=\"Scientific Funding\" class=\"wp-image-20707\" title=\"Scientific Funding\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8.png 833w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8-575x324.png 575w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-8-380x214.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it also introduced <strong>bureaucratic gatekeeping<\/strong>. Only a small portion of applicants received grants, often favoring institutional prestige and seniority over pure scientific merit. Many discoveries by independent researchers remained <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/scientific\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20291\"><strong>unfunded<\/strong> or <strong>unnoticed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Philanthropy_and_Venture_Science\"><\/span>Philanthropy and Venture Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parallel to government funding, philanthropic foundations and private initiatives emerged \u2014 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wellcome Trust, and others. In recent decades, tech billionaires and corporate R&amp;D also became major players.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This opened new possibilities but also concentrated power in the hands of a few funders with their own agendas. Innovation became tied to politics, branding, and financial ROI \u2014 leaving countless visionary but unconventional ideas in the shadows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Rise_of_Decentralized_Science_DeSci\"><\/span>The Rise of Decentralized Science (DeSci)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 2020s, a new movement emerged: <strong>Decentralized Science<\/strong> (DeSci). Enabled by blockchain technology, DeSci platforms and DAOs allowed global communities to <strong>fund and govern science directly<\/strong> \u2014 without central bureaucracies. This was a radical shift:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Scientists could publish results on-chain and be rewarded transparently.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anyone could support research they believed in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communities, not institutions, decided what matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, DeSci still faced key limitations: fragmented funding, lack of mass participation, and difficulty in scaling to match the size of national research budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Next_Stage_AI_Internet-Meritocracy_AIIM\"><\/span>The Next Stage: AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enter <a href=\"\/hi\/ai-internet-socialism\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> \u2014 an ambitious step beyond DeSci DAOs. AIIM is designed to <strong>automate scientific funding<\/strong> at a global scale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>AI-based allocation:<\/strong> Funds are distributed not by committees, but by intelligent algorithms that analyze impact, quality, and community signals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Universal participation:<\/strong> Every Internet worker \u2014 scientists, developers, marketers \u2014 can receive salary-like payments for their contributions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Transparent economy:<\/strong> All flows of funding are on-chain, fully auditable, and guided by open algorithms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Massive scalability:<\/strong> Unlike grant committees, AI never sleeps \u2014 enabling a funding system that could reach trillions of dollars in global scientific investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where once scientists had to <strong>convince kings<\/strong>, and later <strong>write endless grant applications<\/strong>, now funding can flow <strong>automatically to those who create value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_This_Matters\"><\/span>Why This Matters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Billions of dollars in scientific potential are lost every year due to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/how-does-economy-of-monopolies-work-in-science\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1652\">monopolistic funding systems<\/a><\/strong> that overlook new ideas, independent researchers, and underrepresented regions. AIIM offers a way to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accelerate global innovation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reward every contributor fairly;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make science more democratic, efficient, and open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not just a new funding platform \u2014 it\u2019s a <strong>new economic formation<\/strong> for the knowledge age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_You_Can_Help\"><\/span>How You Can Help<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM is currently building the technological and economic infrastructure to make this future a reality. Unlike most legacy systems, it is <strong>community-driven<\/strong> and depends on early supporters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 Visit <a href=\"\/hi\/\">https:\/\/science-dao.org<\/a> to support the project, learn more, and join the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"scien-1345994282\" class=\"scien-after-content scien-entity-placement\"><section>\r\n\r\n<h2>Support Independent Science<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Supporting independent science is not only a matter of fairness to researchers whose expertise and work are often underfunded. It is also essential for addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/hi\/who-are-science-marketers\/\">systemic failures in scientific publishing<\/a> that delay discoveries and leave important results unnoticed. 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