Science in this country tends to be under-funded, dependent on government grants, and tied to sluggish institutions. So what if there were a Kickstarter for science research? Voila, Experiment.com.
Robert Downey, Jr. (yes, the actor turned activist) is involved in an effort called the FootPrint Coalition using the Experiment platform to fund projects related to environmental justice.

We are in the business of supporting entrepreneurial scientists and we are in agreement that the major impediments are the obvious limitations of decision-making by committee. We’re trying something different. FootPrint Coalition is funding early research in brand new environmental fields, and doing it under the direction of esteemed Science Leads who can move quickly and fund at their discretion. The FootPrint Coalition Science Engine builds off suggestions made in the Funding Risky Research paper. It operationalizes the “loose-play funding for early-stage risky explorations” but doesn’t bind it to universities.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90706338/robert-downey-jr-why-were-launching-science-fast-grants
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