{"paper":{"title":"Innovative Science","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.soc-ph","authors_text":"Angus Macintyre, Armand Leroi, Beatrice Pelloni, Chris Thomas. William Troy, Claudio Vita-Finzi, Colin McInnes. Tom McLeish, Colin Self, Dame Anne Glover, David Colquhoun, David Logan, David Ray, David Wild, Desmond Fitzgerald, Donald W Braben, Douglas Randall, Dudley Herschbach, Eleanor Campbell, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Gerald Pollack, Graham Medley, Hagan Bayley, Harry Swinney, H Jeff Kimble, Irene Engle, James Ladyman, John F Allen, John Hall, John Mattick, Jon Frampton, Julian Marchesi, Ken Seddon, Mark Leake, Pat Heslop-Harrison, Peter Cameron, Peter Edwards, Peter Lawrence, Randolph Nesse, Richard Ball, Richard Cogdell, Robin Tucker, Rod Dowler, Sir Harry Kroto, Sir Richard J Roberts, Steve Davies, Sui Huang, Thomas Miller, Tim Birkhead, William Amos","submitted_at":"2015-09-23T15:23:33Z","abstract_excerpt":"Sir, We write as senior scientists about a problem vital to the scientific enterprise and prosperity. Nowadays, funding is a lengthy and complex business. First, universities themselves must approve all proposals for submission. Funding agencies then subject those that survive to peer review, a process by which a few researchers, usually acting anonymously, assess a proposal's chances that it will achieve its goals, is the best value for money, is relevant to a national priority and will impact on a socio-economic problem. Only 25% of proposals received by the funding agencies are funded. Thes"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1510.02385","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}