Speeding up Science

Writing in the Washington Post, Heidi Williams has good suggestions for making the NIH and NSF move faster. Namely:

• Give the NIH the option to bypass peer review, as can the NSF.
• Give the NSF the option to “desk-reject”, as can the NIH.
• Give the NIH and the NSF more authority to fund scientists and not just projects.

Straightforward, actionable reforms that have a good chance of being implemented.

Read the whole thing for justification, details and background.