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

Allen Rodrigo, Susan Alberts, Karen Cranston, Joel Kingsolver, Hilmar Lapp, Craig McClain, Robin Smith, Todd Vision, Jory Weintraub and Brian Wiegmann

PLOS Biology, 2013, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-3

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468

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