http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/278100_aidsvaccine19ww.html
Science \”as usual\” has become something of an obstacle in the search for an AIDS vaccine, so the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it is awarding $287 million to 16 research teams — four of them in Seattle — that have agreed to collectively veer off the beaten path.
The most interesting aspect I thought was this…
Many of the Gates grant recipients are some of the most established names in the HIV vaccine research establishment — and, as such, responsible for business as usual. But it is what they are planning to do now and how they plan to do it that is intended to blast through the business-as-usual logjam that nearly everyone agreed has been hampering progress.
To begin with, the participating scientists all have to collaborate fully — sharing raw data and even experimental materials — rather than continue to compete as independent labs.
That almost sounds like Open Source but with serious money backing. 
Anyway kudos Gates Foundation… but watch out for the AFA, they probably won\’t be thrilled about this. Â
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