{"id":22241,"date":"2026-01-29T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=22241"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:42:12","slug":"amateur-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/amateur-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Grants for Amateur Scientists: AI Internet-Meritocracy in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-2406142386\" 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: underline;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link small {\r\n    font-size: 0.65rem;\r\n    opacity: 0.7;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media (max-width: 900px) {\r\n    .amazon-support-link small {\r\n        display: none;\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<a class=\"amazon-support-link\"\r\n   href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=vpf04-20\"\r\n   target=\"_blank\"\r\n   rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\"\r\n   aria-label=\"Shop on Amazon and support World Science DAO\">\r\n    Shop on Amazon <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2197<\/span>\r\n    <small>affiliate link<\/small>\r\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We provide science and free software grants even for people without a science degree.<\/strong> <em>That&#8217;s right: if you have any scientific manuscripts or software published, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/merit.science-dao.org\/connect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apply for grants<\/a>, no need to be a PhD.<\/em> It is completely free for you to apply. That&#8217;s the end of domination of <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/academia\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19402\">the world greatest discrimination machine, called Academia<\/a>, it is being replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/merit.science-dao.org\">an app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make the things even better, you don&#8217;t need to do any grant writing: You just connect your sites in <a href=\"https:\/\/merit.science-dao.org\">our app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may be the person behind that gratis pedestal on which most of human technologies stand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-1024x576.avif\" alt=\"About AI Internet-Socialism\" class=\"wp-image-19922\" title=\"About AI Internet-Socialism\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-1024x576.avif 1024w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-768x432.avif 768w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-1536x864.avif 1536w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-1140x641.avif 1140w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-920x517.avif 920w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-575x323.avif 575w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY-380x214.avif 380w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/9GsFxfDtmRFpfgGlNH61QsX3kY.avif 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From&nbsp;this comic:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2347\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now you can start receiving money for your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am an amateur (<a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/personal-story\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20584\">I have lost ability to get a science degree due to religious discrimination.<\/a>), so I know your troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project status<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See this page for <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/ru\/product-status\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1667\">the status of developed\/deployed software<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"scien-3835894276\" 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. 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