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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 08:34:07 EST Strypey

   "A recent study of medical researchers in Australia found that it took them 38 working days on average to prepare an application to the National Health and Medical Research Council. For just one funding round, that was the equivalent of 550 working years of researchers’ time, costing 66 million Australian dollars in salary. The year of the study, only 21% of proposals were successful" - Siouxsie Wiles
   https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/20-05-2017/why-is-an-antibiotic-chasing-scientist-going-cap-in-hand-to-the-crowd/

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 08:58:04 EST Strypey

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      #OpenScience has a lot of the same challenges as #OpenHardware, a lot of the materials required are not purely digital and can't be costlessly copied. But imagine if you had to spend almost two months of working days writing an application to set up a new #FreeCode project on GH, and only about 20% of applicants were accepted! Surely we can do better than wasting 550 years of specialist time per funding round?

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Jan-2019 09:19:46 EST Strypey

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         Look at all the money the that #Phamac, the #NZ government drug buying cartel, spends on drugs every year. Drug companies use the vast majority of that on manipulative marketing, and obscene profits. Only a tiny fraction covers the cost of manufacturing and distributing drugs, and researching new ones. In theory, that money could be spent directly on #OpenScience research, creating a knowledge #commons about patent-free, or "generic" medical treatment options.
         https://cos.io/about/mission/