Adam Partridge
@dampartridge
Founding Program Manager - Metascience Alliance. Prev: @sheffielduni/@ukrepro, @CUBRICcardiff, PhD (Speech & Auditory Neuroscience) @MozOpenLeaders.
Think government ROI is low? In the ‘60s, #NIH-funded researchers Hubel & Wiesel studied how cats’ neurons process visual info—seemed trivial, right? Yet their work led to convolutional neural networks like Hinton’s AlexNet, sparking the AI revolution that’s reshaping the global…
The ROI for most government expenditures is very low.
we made a map! gap-map.org is a tool we built to help you explore the landscape of R&D gaps holding back science - and the bridge-scale fundamental development efforts that might allow humanity to solve them, across almost two dozen fields
We modified a $25K PCR machine using bootleg Windows XP and glitter nail polish to make COVID test results impossible to fake. This was hacked together in 36 hours with @clement_heyd at ETH Oxford. Here’s why we did it:
“Big shifts in research collaboration benefit from a ‘top-down’ approach, event told.” nature.com/nature-index/n…
Here's the thing. We have **NO IDEA** how to pick good graduate students. I served on admission committees for 10+ years, and chaired a few, and what I learned is that all the spreadsheets of grades and test scores and recommendations and essays and publications and interview…
Pretty crazy after reviewing the applications of some Stanford PhD applicants and feel like they can graduate right away after the admission 😄
Many of the biggest scientific & technological breakthroughs society needs are stuck in the dead space between academic & corporate incentives -- in partnership with @Convergent_FROs, we're excited to fund you to fill that gap! This is your moment.
Do you have an idea to tackle a critical bottleneck in science and technology that cannot be addressed through current institutional structures? Our Activation Partner, @Convergent_FROs, is seeking proposals that could unlock transformative progress in our opportunity spaces👇
Something I've observed in academia but I suspect is true in industry as well: as you become more senior, you'll find that you can be much more productive if you spend all your time being a manager and letting junior people do all the real work. But after a few years of this,…
🚀 Calling all visionary scientists and engineers! Announcing our call for Focused Research Organization proposals in the UK. 🔬Submit your concept paper by Feb 7 & full proposal by March 28. ⤵️
Our Metascience Unit is funding a cohort of early career fellows to build our understanding of how AI is changing the research landscape, and how governments, businesses and funders should respond. Applications open on 13 Feb 2025. ukri.org/opportunity/uk…
I would LOVE to hire someone awesome to lead UKRI’s work on data and how we use it to understand the R&D system. Great opportunity for someone with strong data skills who cares about technology, research and progress! careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers/j…
Early days, but it looks like our authors don't think we need an impact factor either! Submissions are strong in numbers and high quality since the Clarivate announcement. We should not let a multibillion dollar company dictate how science is evaluated!
Following the news that eLife will not receive an Impact Factor in 2025, we’ve shared an update on how our model is doing since we were first placed “on hold” by Web of Science, and what we’re up to now. Find out more. elifesciences.org/inside-elife/c…
🔍 Paid opportunity with FORRT! Join us to expand the world’s largest replication database. Supported by @OSFramework, we seek researchers to input entries, validate data, and support #OpenScience —100% remotely. 🌐 Apply now! bit.ly/fred_apply #ResearchJobs
🚀 MetaROR is Live! 🚀 MetaROR is a free community-owned platform for open peer review in metaresearch by RoRI & @aimos_inc. With our Publish-Review-Curate model, we’re making the publication process faster and more open. Find out more: researchonresearch.org/introducing-me…
Since we're talking about funding of absurd research by NIH and other federal agencies, the funded scientists: - watching flies fuck - giving rats massages - spending years digging into why jellyfish glow - tracking penguin poop from space - using horseshoe crab blood
Launching this week, MetaROR will be a free, open platform where anyone working with metaresearch can share their work and receive transparent, open peer reviews. Join us at one of our launch events to find out more: researchonresearch.org/metaror-launch/
✨@CAMARADES_ are hiring! ✨ We are looking for a research assistant to work across a diverse range of exciting #metaresearch projects. Learn more and apply at: shorturl.at/PAo80
I just read the paper in full; it is even more spectacular than I initially thought. A short thread about the results and their significance.
This is the best paper written so far about the impact of AI on scientific discovery
A big day for researchers interested in UK economic policy! @hmtreasury has published its first ever “Areas of Research Interest” document, setting out the research questions the Treasury would most like to see answered.