A new AI tool, Funding the Frontier (FtF), has been developed to map the impact of research grants onto various outcomes, including publications, patents, policies, clinical trials, and news stories.
The team behind FtF hopes that it will help funders and policymakers make better decisions, but others are concerned that the system might favor "safe" research.
Could a tool that traces the interaction of millions of grants, papers, patents and their impact help funders make better decisions?
The tool aims to provide a comprehensive picture of how funding shapes science and society, by analyzing millions of research grants, papers, and patents.
Author's summary: AI tool analyzes research grants' global impact.