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Focused Research Organizations

A new type of nonprofit startup for science.

 

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Scientific founders launch
Focused Research Organizations (FROs) to tackle large-scale, tightly coordinated, non-profit projects.

How do Focused Research Organizations operate?

 

Focused

  • Concerted, finite-duration (5-7 year) efforts, after which the FRO transitions to deploying its technology into the real world

  • Pursues pre-specified, quantifiable technical milestones

Research

  • Produce high-impact public goods for science and technology

  • Technically ambitious projects, often engineering-heavy

Organizations

  • Led by a full-time founding team of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

  • Large-scale efforts of 10-30 people, or more

 

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