Peer review is not the best way to promote major breakthroughs
Identifying and seed-funding scientists with ground-breaking ideas is a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional grant funding, says Donald Braben
Identifying and seed-funding scientists with ground-breaking ideas is a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional grant funding, says Donald Braben
Funding schemes that back radical research ideas are proving worthwhile in cultivating new science, says Donald Braben
Ministers are foolish to abandon the conclusions of the 1971 review that has informed UK research policy for 45 years, say Donald Braben and John Dainton
Peer review process punishes academics who ‘challenge the dogma’ of their field, scientists claim
Research of lasting value needs an open environment