For science funders

Open Discovery helps science funders maximize their impact by partnering with them to distribute funds in a way that creates incentives for a more open, collaborative, Internet-native model of research.

Benefits

Maximize your impact through open science — We believe a more open collaborative model of research will accelerate progress by an order of magnitude. See how we accelerate scientific progress.

Catalyze adoption of a better system — If Open Discovery is successful it doesn’t just mean your research agenda is moved forward, it means we’ll be proving the superiority of an entirely new model of research and way of funding science. A model that can potentially be duplicated by many other science funders and researchers.

Funding programs

Grants for open research — Open Discovery offers grants to scientists who wish to conduct open research projects on our platform. These grants may be offered with the possibility of a peer assessed bonus payment to reward the research team for sharing their research outputs and process openly.

Funding for open scientific discussion — Projects you’re funding would typically be bundled with “collaborator funding” reserved for external scientists who share ideas & insights related to the project. You may also provide funds for open discussion of the existing literature in your chosen research areas.

Funding for open proposals — We believe there are substantial benefits to having research proposals shared publicly and developed in the open. An incredible amount of time & money can be saved by identifying poor research before it’s funded. Research plans can be validated by external scientists such that when results come in the scientific community can be confident in their ability to trust and build upon them. We’ll partner with you to reward scientists who submitted the best proposals and shared the most impactful feedback, ideas & insights.

How it works

1. Choose your research agenda — While our current focus is Long Covid, ME/CFS, and related chronic illnesses, if there’s something else you’d like to fund we can likely expand our focus.

2. Choose funding programs — You may offer grants for open research projects, funding to reward open scientific discussion, and funding to support the open development of research proposals.

3. Make a tax deductible donation — Send your donation to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit. From there 90% of your funds will be distributed to scientists though our various programs, while we keep a 10% service fee.

Get in touch

If you’re interested in partnering with us, email jesse at [this domain] or DM @jspaulding on Twitter.