>But scientists in academia certainly think about their science from the lens of what they need to do in order to succeed in academia, and by providing scientists with an alternative model for success, we can enable them to think about alternative approaches to their science.
I'm curious about what is the "alternative model for success": you mentioned that the main difference with non-profit academia for professional scientists is that there is no need to teach, do grant writing or work with trainees. Isn't there still, for example, an incentive to optimize for doing less risky research that would most likely get published so that the FRO will not die after 5 years?
>But scientists in academia certainly think about their science from the lens of what they need to do in order to succeed in academia, and by providing scientists with an alternative model for success, we can enable them to think about alternative approaches to their science.
I'm curious about what is the "alternative model for success": you mentioned that the main difference with non-profit academia for professional scientists is that there is no need to teach, do grant writing or work with trainees. Isn't there still, for example, an incentive to optimize for doing less risky research that would most likely get published so that the FRO will not die after 5 years?