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: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.
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Rodrigo A,Alberts S,Cranston K,Kingsolver J,Lapp H,McClain C,Smith R,Vision T,Weintraub J,Wiegmann Bdoi
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