Author
David Payne
David Payne is a Reader and Royal Society University Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
2 pieces
Newest first, since February 2019
· Comment
Research in Covid-19 – ideas for resilience and response
A pandemic calls for bold ideas. David Payne returns to the idea of universal basic research grant, and floats a national Covid research laboratory with the sole aim of defeating the virus.
· Long read
The universal basic research grant: funding research for the 21st century
David Payne introduces the idea of a universal basic research grant as a solution to the problems faced in funding early stage research.