{"id":23974,"date":"2026-06-19T13:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=23974"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:07:21","slug":"important-donate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/","title":{"rendered":"Why It Is Important to Donate to Science \u2014 and Why Government Financing of Science Is Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-1382335778\" 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    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ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Why_Donate_to_Science\" >Why Donate to Science?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#The_Problem_Government_Science_Funding_Is_Too_Slow_and_Conservative\" >The Problem: Government Science Funding Is Too Slow and Conservative<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Scientists_Waste_Too_Much_Time_Applying_for_Money\" >Scientists Waste Too Much Time Applying for Money<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Government_Funding_Often_Favors_Safe_Projects\" >Government Funding Often Favors Safe Projects<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Why_Independent_Science_Needs_Funding\" >Why Independent Science Needs Funding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Why_Donations_Can_Fix_What_Government_Funding_Misses\" >Why Donations Can Fix What Government Funding Misses<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#The_Deeper_Failure_Science_Funding_Is_Not_Meritocratic_Enough\" >The Deeper Failure: Science Funding Is Not Meritocratic Enough<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/important-donate\/#Donate_to_Science_Because_the_Future_Depends_on_It\" >Donate to Science Because the Future Depends on It<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Donate_to_Science\"><\/span>Why Donate to Science?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Science is one of the highest-leverage ways to improve human life. A single discovery can create new medicines, better energy systems, safer AI, stronger infrastructure, and new industries. But scientific progress does not happen automatically. It requires researchers, time, equipment, publication, review, and long-term institutional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why it is important to <strong>donate to science<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A donation to science is not merely charity. It is an investment in civilization\u2019s ability to solve problems before they become disasters. Better science means better medicine, better technology, better climate tools, better mathematics, better AI safety, and better decision-making for society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to support this mission directly, you can donate here:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/donation\/\">Donate to science through Science DAO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Problem_Government_Science_Funding_Is_Too_Slow_and_Conservative\"><\/span>The Problem: Government Science Funding Is Too Slow and Conservative<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government financing of science is necessary, but it is structurally broken in several ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most public science funding is distributed through competitive grants. Scientists must write long applications, wait months, compete against many other researchers, and depend on review panels. This system often rewards safe, conventional, institutionally approved work rather than bold discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research on grant peer review has repeatedly raised concerns about reliability, conservatism, administrative burden, and bias against unconventional research. A 2018 review of health research funding peer review found that evidence on how to make peer review timely, efficient, and high-quality remains limited, despite the centrality of peer review to funding decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another study found that the structure of expert evaluation can generate conservative funding decisions, especially when evaluators influence one another during the review process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is dangerous because the most important science is often not obvious at the beginning. Transformative discoveries can look strange, premature, or too theoretical before they become useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scientists_Waste_Too_Much_Time_Applying_for_Money\"><\/span>Scientists Waste Too Much Time Applying for Money<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A healthy science system should let scientists spend most of their time doing research. Instead, many researchers spend huge amounts of time writing proposals, reporting, complying with bureaucracy, and trying to survive the next funding cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One survey of astronomers and psychologists found that the average proposal took <strong>116 principal-investigator hours<\/strong> and <strong>55 co-investigator hours<\/strong> to write. The same study warned that funding rates below about 20% may drive many active researchers away from federally funded research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a massive waste. A scientist\u2019s most valuable work is thinking, experimenting, proving, coding, testing, writing, and discovering \u2014 not repeatedly rewriting applications for committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When grant systems become too competitive, they do not merely select science. They distort science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Government_Funding_Often_Favors_Safe_Projects\"><\/span>Government Funding Often Favors Safe Projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government agencies are accountable to politicians, auditors, taxpayers, and institutional procedures. That accountability is understandable, but it creates a serious failure mode: funders prefer projects that are easy to explain, easy to measure, and unlikely to embarrass the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This pushes researchers toward:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>incremental work;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fashionable topics;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>short-term deliverables;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>large established institutions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>low-risk proposals;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>projects that fit existing academic categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But major breakthroughs often begin outside consensus. Some discoveries are interdisciplinary. Some are too early for commercial investors. Some are created by independent researchers who do not have the right university position, degree, or institutional backing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is why private donations to science matter. Donations can support ideas that bureaucratic systems ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Independent_Science_Needs_Funding\"><\/span>Why Independent Science Needs Funding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Independent scientists are often excluded from traditional grant systems. A researcher may have a major idea but lack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a university position;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a PhD;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a famous supervisor;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>institutional prestige;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grant-writing support;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>administrative infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This does not mean the idea is worthless. It means the funding system is filtering by status as much as by merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Science DAO exists to challenge that bottleneck. Its goal is to support a more open, transparent, merit-based model of science funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more here:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy: a merit-based model for science funding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Donations_Can_Fix_What_Government_Funding_Misses\"><\/span>Why Donations Can Fix What Government Funding Misses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donations can do what government systems often cannot do quickly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fund neglected ideas<\/strong><br>Some research is important but unfashionable. Donations can support work before institutions recognize it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support independent researchers<\/strong><br>Science should not depend only on university employment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reduce bureaucracy<\/strong><br>Direct science funding can let researchers spend more time creating knowledge and less time applying for permission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reward real contribution<\/strong><br>Funding should follow demonstrated intellectual value, not only institutional rank.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Accelerate discovery<\/strong><br>Small amounts of money can make a large difference when directed to high-leverage researchers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Deeper_Failure_Science_Funding_Is_Not_Meritocratic_Enough\"><\/span>The Deeper Failure: Science Funding Is Not Meritocratic Enough<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The central problem is not that governments fund science. Government funding is useful and should continue. The deeper problem is that government science funding is too centralized, too slow, too bureaucratic, and too status-dependent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A better system would ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who produced valuable scientific work?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which discoveries unlock other discoveries?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which researchers are underfunded relative to their contribution?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which work has dependency value for future science?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which ideas are ignored because they are too new, too abstract, or too institutionally inconvenient?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the logic behind <strong>AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/strong>: using transparent, AI-assisted, auditable evaluation to allocate support according to scientific merit and contribution networks, not merely academic politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Donate_to_Science_Because_the_Future_Depends_on_It\"><\/span>Donate to Science Because the Future Depends on It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humanity faces problems that cannot be solved by politics alone: disease, aging, AI safety, environmental risk, energy scarcity, mathematical bottlenecks, and technological fragility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of these require science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But science cannot thrive if researchers are forced to spend their lives begging committees for short-term grants. Nor can it thrive if independent discoveries are ignored because their authors lack institutional status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government science funding is important \u2014 but incomplete. Philanthropic, decentralized, merit-based science funding is necessary to fill the gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A donation to science helps create a world where discoveries are funded because they matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Support this work here:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/donation\/\">Donate to Science DAO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And learn about the proposed funding model here:<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"scien-3506066935\" 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\/zh\/who-are-science-marketers\/\">systemic failures in scientific publishing<\/a> that delay discoveries and leave important results unnoticed. In science and software, even one missing component can prevent an entire system from working.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Help valuable research and open-source infrastructure move forward.<\/strong> Please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/donation\/\">make a donation<\/a><\/strong> to support <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/amateur-scientists\/\">independent scientists<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/free-software\/\">free software developers<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\t\tOur flagship product is <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/zh\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy<\/a> - an app, that unlike universities distributes money directly to researchers and open source developers, without bureaucracy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/section><\/div><div id=\"scien-3796539756\" class=\"scien-after-content-2 scien-entity-placement\"><div data-nosnippet style=\"max-width: 800px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">Ads:<\/p>\r\n<style>\r\n    \/* Compact Table Styling *\/\r\n    .amazon-ad-table {\r\n        width: 100%;\r\n        max-width: 800px;\r\n        border-collapse: collapse;\r\n        margin: 10px auto;\r\n        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\r\n        border: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\r\n    }\r\n    .amazon-ad-table th {\r\n        background-color: #f3f3f3;\r\n        padding: 8px;\r\n        text-align: left;\r\n        border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd;\r\n        font-size: 0.9em;\r\n    }\r\n    .amazon-ad-table td {\r\n        padding: 8px 5px;\r\n        border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;\r\n        vertical-align: middle;\r\n    }\r\n    \/* Column sizing *\/\r\n    .col-image { width: 15%; 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