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Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers and Their Role in the Research Ecosystem

How should funding agencies enable researchers to explore high-risk but potentially high-reward science? One model that appears to work is the NSF-funded synthesis center, an incubator for community-led, innovative science.

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Autores principales: Rodrigo, Allen, Alberts, Susan, Cranston, Karen, Kingsolver, Joel, Lapp, Hilmar, McClain, Craig, Smith, Robin, Vision, Todd, Weintraub, Jory, Wiegmann, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23335860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468
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author Rodrigo, Allen
Alberts, Susan
Cranston, Karen
Kingsolver, Joel
Lapp, Hilmar
McClain, Craig
Smith, Robin
Vision, Todd
Weintraub, Jory
Wiegmann, Brian
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Cranston, Karen
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Smith, Robin
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Weintraub, Jory
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spelling pubmed-35458662013-01-18 Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers and Their Role in the Research Ecosystem Rodrigo, Allen Alberts, Susan Cranston, Karen Kingsolver, Joel Lapp, Hilmar McClain, Craig Smith, Robin Vision, Todd Weintraub, Jory Wiegmann, Brian PLoS Biol Community Page How should funding agencies enable researchers to explore high-risk but potentially high-reward science? One model that appears to work is the NSF-funded synthesis center, an incubator for community-led, innovative science. Public Library of Science 2013-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3545866/ /pubmed/23335860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468 Text en © 2013 Rodrigo et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Weintraub, Jory
Wiegmann, Brian
Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers and Their Role in the Research Ecosystem
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545866/
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