# Controlled anarchy

## TL;DR

The paper discusses how life scientists often work in a decentralized way, unlike physicists who unite around big goals.

## Contribution

It highlights the contrast in collaborative approaches between life scientists and physicists in securing funding.

## Key findings

- Life scientists are perceived as anarchic and self-interested in funding requests.
- Physicists excel at uniting around large-scale goals like 'moonshots'.
- Grass-roots movements are more effective for life scientists.

## Abstract

When it comes to asking for government funding, life scientists can come over as anarchic, self-interested and unable to achieve consensus. While physicists are good at mobilizing behind ‘moonshots’, life scientists tend to work best in the context of a grass-roots movement.