I don’t think that a community that wants to encourage uncertain prospects wants to fund researchers based on the results of their research in a way that they can share the money with other people in your “research syndicate” setup.
It is just supposed to be a mechanism to de-risk an inherently risky endeavour by aggregating a bunch of them together (like a decentralised VC fund). And to make the research landscape a little less competitive so trust can be built between disparate groups.
If those aren’t things the community would want then fair enough, or if they don’t want it in this package, I’m all ears for an alternative.
I don’t think that a community that wants to encourage uncertain prospects wants to fund researchers based on the results of their research in a way that they can share the money with other people in your “research syndicate” setup.
It is just supposed to be a mechanism to de-risk an inherently risky endeavour by aggregating a bunch of them together (like a decentralised VC fund). And to make the research landscape a little less competitive so trust can be built between disparate groups.
If those aren’t things the community would want then fair enough, or if they don’t want it in this package, I’m all ears for an alternative.