Because funders lock multi-decade commitments, research institutions resist electoral churn. Precommitted, patient funding enables building population-scale datasets without premature deliverables, guiding policy for climate monitoring, AI safety data, and other public-goods science.
— Shows how to structure public and philanthropic funding to deliver durable scientific value beyond political cycles.
2025.07.01
85% relevant
The article argues that volatile, executive-driven grant cancellations and slow-walked outlays can derail scientific progress for years and explicitly hinges recovery on congressional appropriations and Impoundment Control Act enforcement—underscoring why multi-decade, precommitted funding is needed to insulate research from electoral churn.
Santi Ruiz
2025.06.19
100% relevant
The interview stresses a 15-year payoff horizon and a 10-year review admitting 'nothing' yet achieved to protect UK Biobank from short-term pressures.
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