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RESEARCH SUPPORT

Support the research, not the result.

Funding is tied to public research assets: methods, data, place assessments, reproducible analysis and independent review. A funder does not purchase a conclusion, rating or preferred policy outcome.

01 / Fundable workstreams

Every workstream has a defined public output.

Each workstream is prepared as a 12-month research package with defined milestones, publication requirements and independent review.

12-month research track

Carbon of Compute

Develop the lifecycle carbon framework from semiconductor manufacturing and hardware through facility and operation to useful compute.

Public method releaseWorking paperBenchmark registry / schemaReproducible analysis notes
Pilot assessment track

Critical Load Place Assessments

Build public, evidence-traceable place assessments that connect physical capacity, project scenarios, local impacts and decision conditions.

CL-001 baseline assessmentScenario recordsEvidence registryPublic assessment template
Open infrastructure track

Compute Capacity Observatory

Build the versioned data infrastructure needed to compare major compute regions over time without collapsing local constraints into one opaque score.

Place-data schemaSource registryVersioned comparison recordsPublic data export
Integrity track

Independent Review & Corrections

Support expert review, disclosed conflicts, responses to review, uncertainty work and a public corrections log.

Reviewer disclosuresReview responsesCorrection / version historyMethod challenge notes
02 / Funding principles

Public benefit stays visible from grant to output.

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No funder control over research conclusions or ratings.

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Project support and material conflicts are disclosed with the output.

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Publication terms are agreed before funding; negative findings are not suppressed.

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Donation or tax treatment is stated by the actual contracting entity; this site makes no unverified charity-status claim.

03 / What support changes

Funding builds durable public research capacity.

Priority uses are researcher time, source-data access where lawful, compute and data infrastructure, field or place evidence, independent technical review and public publication.