Research
NSF’s X-Labs Program Draws Support From Charities and Investors
IEEE Spectrum · By Lucas Laursen ·
The Brief
- The U.S. National Science Foundation began its X-Labs program in May, offering higher-risk, higher-funded awards.
- The NSF says the awards are meant to create new kinds of partnerships to address urgent scientific and technological challenges.
- According to IEEE Spectrum, the program is now drawing support from charities and investors and the NSF is expanding it.
Why it matters
It shows public science funding seeking charitable and private partners to back higher-risk research.
Who’s affected
- researchers seeking NSF funding
- research institutions and science funders
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- #nsf
- #x-labs
- #science partnerships
- #philanthropy
When the U.S. National Science Foundation began its X-Labs program in May, the agency said the higher-risk, higher-funded awards would create new kinds of partnerships that would confront urgent scientific and technological challenges. Now, the NSF is doubling down on the idea…