
Policy
Science Funding Is Broken
The way we pay for science does not encourage the best results
John P. A. Ioannidis, a professor of medicine at Stanford University. Credit: Nick Higgins
The way we pay for science does not encourage the best results
The current incentive structure often leads to dead-end studies—but there are ways to fix the problem
Competition and conflicts of interest distort too many medical findings
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