Funder bonuses for releasing results and data within six months, negatives included
Pay scientists a small bonus, added to their grant, when they post their results and data openly within six months of finishing an experiment, whether the result was positive or not.
Funders add a supplement (for example 5% of the award) paid on verified release of preprints, datasets and code within six months of the end of each funded aim, with an equal bonus for registered negative results. Unlike mandates, which are widely ignored without enforcement, bonuses are self-enforcing and visible. Academic secrecy before publication delays diffusion by one to two years and hides most negative preclinical findings entirely; a small financial reward changes the calculus for labs that currently see only risk in early release.
- Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration · Companies with complementary drugs rarely test them together, and data that could answer questions stays locked up.
- Knowledge reaches practice too slowly · Knowledge diffusion is slow: it takes years for a proven result to change what most patients receive, and no one can keep up with the literature.
- Failures are hidden · Negative trials, failed drugs and abandoned programmes are rarely published, so the same mistakes are repeated.
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not linked directly; found by shared links- IdeaA global ledger of negative results and failed compounds with mandatory deposition
Shares Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration, Failures are hidden.
- IdeaA universal material transfer agreement with a thirty-day default
Shares Promote academics for trials completed, data shared and findings replicated, Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration.
- IdeaGive negative trials plenary slots at the big cancer conferences
Shares Failures are hidden, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
- IdeaEnd the abstract-to-paper gap: require full results with any conference presentation
Shares Failures are hidden, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
- IdeaA public registry of cancer treatments that were later shown not to work
Shares Failures are hidden, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
- IdeaA public registry of stalled academic assets and shelved company compounds
Shares Secrecy and intellectual property block collaboration, Failures are hidden.
- IdeaRequire every oncology candidate to publish how much reaches the brain
Shares Failures are hidden, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.
- IdeaDeposit trial results as structured data, not just PDFs
Shares Failures are hidden, Knowledge reaches practice too slowly.