&gt; <i>Today&#x27;s &#x27;big science&#x27; grant funding model is so far removed from the average citizen or constituent, that by the time they see or feel the impact, it&#x27;s hardly recognizable anymore. Because it&#x27;s behind paywalls, or is too technical, or locked in IP, or anti-collaboration.</i><p>Fundamental research often has no direct impact on the public. If it does, it&#x27;s often 10 or 20 years down the line. Fundamentally research is, by it&#x27;s nature, removed from the impact it has. Nobody knows what the final results will be.<p>This isn&#x27;t conducive to crowdfunding.