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From funding agencies to scientific agency
Author(s) -
Bollen Johan,
Crandall David,
Junk Damion,
Ding Ying,
Börner Katy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1002/embr.201338068
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , funding agency , business , political science , public administration , public relations , sociology , social science
The traditional peer review system for grant proposals is not always optimal. A new crowdfunding proposal based on advances in technology and mathematics could improve efficiency while retaining peer judgement.