can substitute for the core functions of NSF since they have been arguably much more effective than NSF (in at least their usual, nonbio domains)..
now that they are moving into bio(tech..)
Could you expand on that?
Anecdata: a lot of bleeding edge stuff has been funded by SF not NSF.
They also do a lot of shortterm "Collaborations", something not quite done by NSF
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-collaborations...
https://hiddensymmetries.princeton.edu/
can substitute for the core functions of NSF since they have been arguably much more effective than NSF (in at least their usual, nonbio domains)..
now that they are moving into bio(tech..)
Could you expand on that?
Anecdata: a lot of bleeding edge stuff has been funded by SF not NSF.
They also do a lot of shortterm "Collaborations", something not quite done by NSF
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-collaborations...
https://hiddensymmetries.princeton.edu/