Franzoni, Chiara; Stephan, Paula E.; Veugelers, Reinhilde - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
new designer mRNA technology. We draw on this exceptional moment for science to reflect on whether the government funding … system is sufficiently supportive of research needed for key breakthroughs, and whether the system of funding encourages … suggesting that funding is biased against risky research and provide a framework for thinking about why principal investigators …