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Public Library of Science, PLoS Biology, 1(11), p. e1001468, 2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468
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Science Incubators: Synthesis Centers and Their Role in the Research Ecosystem
Journal article published in 2013 by
Allen Rodrigo,
Susan Alberts,
Karen Cranston,
Joel Kingsolver,
Hilmar Lapp,
Craig McClain,
Robin Smith,
Todd Vision 
,
Jory Weintraub,
Brian Wiegmann
,
Jory Weintraub,
Brian Wiegmann
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
How should funding agencies enable researchers to explore high-risk but potentially high-reward science? One model that appears to work is the NSF-funded synthesis center, an incubator for community-led, innovative science.