[Rockhounds] Using a lottery to allocate research funding

[Paul]

This is an interesting way of diversifying types of research
that are funded.

They Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery
https://theentrepreneurfund.com/they-wanted-research-funding-so-they-entered-the-lottery/
https://theworldnews.co/they-wanted-research-funding-so-they-entered-the-lottery

Liu, M., Choy, V., Clarke, P., Barnett, A., Blakely, T. and Pomeroy,
L., 2020. The acceptability of using a lottery to allocate research
funding: a survey of applicants. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 
5(1), p.3.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6996170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32025338

Yours,

Paul H.