What if there was a way to fast-forward innovation? An economist and tech billionaire recently joined forces to make research grants available within 14 days.

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Today, it typically takes about a year for scientists to receive a research grant, no matter how brilliant the idea. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the problems with this extremely slow system came to the forefront of the science world.

But what if there was a way to fast-forward scientific innovation? To make coronavirus research funding more easily accessible in a time when it mattered most, an economist and tech billionaire joined forces and came up with Fast Grants.

Fast Grants allows scientists to apply for and receive research grants between $10,000 and $500,000 in fourteen days or less. The startup funded everything from genetic testing to vaccines, and perhaps most notably — the saliva test that was used during the NBA playoffs bubble.

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