Core Memory Fixing American Science Funding
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Jun 25, 2025 This week, Adam Marbleston and Anastasia Gamick, co-founders of Convergent Research, discuss innovative funding models for science. With backgrounds in cutting-edge organizations like Neuralink and Google DeepMind, they emphasize how Focused Research Organizations (FROs) can bridge the gap in American science funding. They champion the idea of investing in small teams tackling big questions, like neuroscience and biotechnologies, and introduce their 'gap map' to pinpoint urgent research needs. Their insights reveal a bold vision for advancing scientific innovation.
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FROs Fill Science Funding Gap
- Focused Research Organizations (FROs) fill a gap in science for multidisciplinary, long-term, non-commercial research projects.
- FROs support high-cost, non-profit-driven goals that universities and startups typically avoid due to funding and incentive constraints.
Gap Map Reveals Science Needs
- The Gap Map catalogs fundamental missing scientific capabilities identified through extensive consultation with experts.
- These missing capabilities represent foundational technology tree branches crucial for enabling revolutionary advancements.
Scientific Progress Needs New Mechanisms
- Scientific progress can be limited by missing capabilities rather than lack of ideas.
- Building new fundamental capabilities requires new institutional and financial mechanisms beyond traditional academia and funding systems.