Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026mathematicians, bring me your words!!!! apply and please share!!! 000
Reposted by Joseph FridmanSteven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · 27/09/2026Mathematicians and scientists: Want to write for a broad audience about big ideas? Apply for the fully funded Beyond the Ivory Tower writing workshop at Wake Forest, Jan. 15–16, led by NYT editor James Ryerson. Applications due Oct. 9: beyondtheivorytower.com/workshopbeyondtheivorytower.comWorkshop — Beyond the Ivory Tower 01511
Reposted by Joseph FridmanChristian B. Miller @charactergap.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This 5-year project is aimed at supporting natural scientists, social scientists, and philosophers to be better equipped to do public-facing work. We will run 10 workshops (the first is already open to applications), an alumni network, 5 fellowship competitions, and 5 prize competitions. 042
Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026please join us! if you have a PhD and want to learn to write op-eds from an amazing editor at the NYT and gets years of follow-on support from me and a wheelhouse of brilliant guest experts and be eligible for our annual fellowships and essay prizes, apply apply apply apply appl 064
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/nsf-just-d...essentialtechnology.blogNSF Just Did Something ImportantAnd so can you: how to reach out to Convergent about X-Labs 072
Reposted by Joseph FridmanEvE Bio @evebio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026We are excited to be included on the new Hugging Science site from @hf.co! Scientific datasets and models deserve a dedicated space. You can find our drug-target interaction dataset on Hugging Face here: huggingface.co/datasets/eve... 142
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdvanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · 16/03/2026The search for ARIA’s next cohort of Programme Directors has begun 🚀 As a PD you will design and manage a ~£50M programme to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Applications open August 2026 for a May 2027 start - register your interest: bit.ly/418ltvybit.lyBecome an ARIA Programme DirectorApplications for our third cohort of Programmed Directors (PDs) will open in August 2026 for a May 2027 start date. Register your interest so you can be the first to hear updates on the application pr... 033
Reposted by Joseph FridmanFaye Elgart @fmhe.bsky.social · 07/03/2026happy Saturday! My first piece of academic work is out. What can tidal flexure tell us about ice in grounding zones? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgEstimating effective elasticity in grounding zones of the Ross Ice Shelf with tidal flexure from ICESat-2 | Journal of Glaciology | Cambridge CoreEstimating effective elasticity in grounding zones of the Ross Ice Shelf with tidal flexure from ICESat-2 - Volume 72 1186
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Joseph, psychologists would benefit from thinking about future roadmaps -what are the big questions psychologists need to make progress on and how can we set up the supports needed to do that 9/ 121
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Biggest mistakes academics make. Tessa, need to be incredibly clear & not undermine your case w unnecessary nuance. Joseph, we're used to due process after submission (at least a desk reject), but pitching you often just hear silence. Need to be persistent even when getting nothing in response. 7/ 121
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Opeds go to a limited elite audience, short form videos go out to a broad audience of the public. Think about who you want to reach and why. When writing think about more prescriptions than descriptions - describe what ought to be. 3/ 121
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Most op-eds are of the form A, but B, therefore C. Everyone thinks A, but they're missing B, therefore we should do C. This is what we know, but here's what I know, therefore here's what I do/what you should do. Learn more at their next workshop. www.beyondtheivorytower.com 4/beyondtheivorytower.comBeyond the Ivory Tower 131
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026First up is @josephfridman.bsky.social on communicating w the public Whether you're doing op-eds, podcasts, blogs, when you start you're trying to get from 0 to 1. Just start. Then 1-10 find your rhythm & keep doing it. 10-N do you want to keep scaling up, if so how. Small steps at each stage 2/ 121
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Increasing psychology's impact on policy and public good - symposium at #SPSP2026 How can researchers communicate with the public, government decision-makers, and industry? Economics tends to have large impacts on policy, psychology doesn't -how can we better reach people? 1/ 1144
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 23/02/2026If you're curious about our submission (alongside many fantastic partners!) to the NSF Tech Labs RFI, we've just posted our responses to our blog, Essential Technology: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/our-respon...essentialtechnology.blogOur Responses to the NSF Tech Labs RFIMetascience, AI, biotech, and more 031
Reposted by Joseph FridmanParallel Squared Technology Institute @parallelsq.bsky.social · 06/01/2026The focussed research organizations enabled by @convergentresearch.bsky.social are driving forward an ambitious agenda ! youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...youtu.beConvergent Research: A mission control for frontier technologyYouTube video by Convergent Research 043
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 23/12/2025And while we were all in one place, we took a few hours to pull some members of the team aside, to ask them some questions about what we're working on, and why. Here’s the video we made about Convergent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...youtube.comConvergent Research: A mission control for frontier technologyYouTube video by Convergent Research 111
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 23/12/2025It's been an incredibly exciting year in metascience at large, and for us at Convergent. Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative. www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...essentialtechnology.blogThe Future of Focused Research Organizations:Working with Convergent on the NSF Tech Labs Initiative 142
Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025happy wednesday from new orleans! here's some @convergentresearch.bsky.social Essential Technology art that doesn't hit the feed (only the frontispiece gets shared here) - first from our most recent piece on the @NSF's new Tech Labs Initiative www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future... 131
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Last Friday, the @NSF released an RFI for a new Tech Labs Initiative, to "build and scale next-gen independent research organizations to advance science." 123
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025If you've been interested in FROs, you'll want to see this from NSF: sam.gov/opp/7332ade9... "sustained... support to... independent organizational structures operating outside of existing academic, start-up, and industry constraints... a dedicated, full-time team... operational independence..." 074
Reposted by Joseph FridmanNikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This community is building foundational capabilities for technological progress. Its nonprofit initiatives allow broadly sharing these capabilities. I am happy to support this mission 🚀 042
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIssues in Science and Technology @issuesinst.bsky.social · 16/10/2025What does it take to identify critical science & tech capability gaps—and then build organizations dedicated to addressing them? @adammarblestone.bsky.social, @anastasiag.bsky.social, Mary Wang, & @josephfridman.bsky.social on creating @convergentresearch.bsky.social: issues.org/focused-rese...issues.orgField Notes on Moving Focused Research Organizations ForwardLessons from four years of building a new kind of focused scientific organization to create fundamental technologies and accelerate discovery. 053
Reposted by Joseph FridmanNikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Earlier this year, @parallelsq.bsky.social hosted a research fest. We began with a broad perspective: ◾️ A century of remarkable progress! Proteomics drove conceptual discoveries and medical treatments. Listen to what's next! Proteomics: The arc of progress youtu.be/Sc2QLXb84XI?... 074
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Proud of @e11bio.bsky.social's early progress here, and excited for so much more to come (that I've seen previews of as a FRO board member 😍). Optics + expansion + barcoding + AI + molecules = beginning of infinity for scalable brain circuit mapping, with wide implications across science. 093
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdvanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) @aria-research.bsky.social · 26/09/2025👀 Our latest Substack is live – discover: – The launch of Innovator Circles – Insights into the FRO-Founder Residency with @convergentresearch.bsky.social – A Q&A with @micromotility.bsky.social on natural computation in single-celled microorganisms + more ↓ link.aria.org.uk/sepsubstack-blueskylink.aria.org.ukInnovator Circles, FROs, and a look into biological computationThe latest from ARIA, including our new Innovator Circles initiative, inside Convergent Research's FRO-Founder Residency, and a Q&A with Nature Computes Better Creator Kirsty Wan. 052
Reposted by Joseph FridmanNikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Join our team and help realize a bold vision. 033
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Earlier this year, Imprint came out of stealth on the TED Mainstage to share our vision: What if the immune system holds the key to curing chronic diseases—and we just need the tools to read it? We’re building those tools. Our TED talk is now live 👉 go.ted.com/beckbrachmango.ted.com 143
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), @aria-research.bsky.social. Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...essentialtechnology.blogInside the UK FRO Founder Residency with ARIAa big step forward in how we source and incubate new FRO projects 024
Reposted by Joseph FridmanHelen Devine @helenldevine.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This week's Science to Impact symposium at Ohio State hosted experts in all kinds of science communication! Grateful to have helped organize this event and heard from these minds in one room. 🧠 🧪 132
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLean Focused Research Organization @lean-lang.org · 07/07/2025📣 We're excited to share the new lean-lang.org! Relaunching our website was a key deliverable in our Year 2 roadmap to provide "improved navigation and access to valuable content, resources, and tools." We hope you like it! #LeanLang #LeanProver 22810
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLuis Cásedas @lcasedas.bsky.social · 02/07/2025What is consciousness? What are the challenges of studying it scientifically? Can we ‘dissolve’ them? @anilseth.bsky.social gives us some answers in this new #INMINDS interview for @cienciacog.bsky.social about *problems of consciousness (and how to handle them)*! www.cienciacognitiva.org?p=2549 22412
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Anastasia Garnick from @convergentresearch.bsky.social presents the “gap map” and how Focussed Research Organisations (FROs) can help #MetaScience2025 www.gap-map.orggap-map.orgGap MapExplore R&D Gaps and their related Foundational Capabilities. 052
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLuis Cásedas @lcasedas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Two-day, fully-funded opportunity led by @nytimes.com editor James Ryerson & featuring scientists @lisafeldmanbarrett.com and @daviddesteno.bsky.social and one-man band @josephfridman.bsky.social. Applications for the next workshop open till July 7th! (2/2) 041
Reposted by Joseph FridmanLuis Cásedas @lcasedas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Had a great time attending the Beyond the Ivory Tower workshop at @northeasternu.bsky.social! If you're a scientist or philosopher looking to turn your ideas into short articles for a general audience, check it out! (1/2) www.beyondtheivorytower.combeyondtheivorytower.comBeyond the Ivory Tower 172
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 09/06/2025"Academic research groups and startups are essential drivers of scientific progress. But some projects, like the Hubble Space Telescope or the Human Genome Project, are too big for any one academic lab or loose consortium..."news.mit.eduFormer MIT researchers advance a new model for innovationDeveloped by former MIT researchers, focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to contribute to scientific advances. 274
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Also: we’re #hiring! 🎊To learn more about Imprint and view open roles on our team, visit imprint.org. 🤝 If you are a clinical or computational research group interested in partnering with Imprint, please follow us for future updates and opportunities. #Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearchimprint.orgImprint FROIMPRINT is developing tools to read and analyze immune memory signatures, providing a new approach to identify hidden causes of chronic disease. 032
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025IMPRINT is the first Focused Research Organization (FRO) in New York City. We are supported by Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Convergent Research, Peter Reinhart, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. @convergentresearch.bsky.social 132
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025With teams in Europe and North America, we are building experimental and machine learning tools to identify the hidden causes of and cures for chronic diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. 122
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The immune system is not just an army — it’s also an archive. IMPRINT aims to decode this archive using an innovative forensic immunology approach, enabling new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for conditions ranging from autoimmune disorders to mental illness. 122
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025🧵 Today, IMPRINT, a pioneering new nonprofit initiative, is announcing $15 million in philanthropic funding to advance our work to decode the body's immune memory and uncover the causes of chronic diseases. #Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearchimprint.orgPress Release May 2025 — Imprint FROImprint FRO launches with $15M in funding 1145
Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025You can now download the @convergentresearch.bsky.social Gap Map data at gap-map.org/api/ 🗾 🔬 🗺️ 🔭 Feel free to pull it into your AI assistant of choice and query away when you're feeling hungry for some fundamental R&D talks with Claude or Geppett-o3 or Gemini this weekend --gap-map.orgGap Map API & Data - Gap MapExplore R&D Gaps and their related Foundational Capabilities. 041
Reposted by Joseph FridmanIMPRINT @imprintlabs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Looking for a job in immunology or biotech research? ✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨ Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research. #BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobsimprint.orgJobs — Imprint FROJoin our team—current openings at Imprint 179
Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Only 3 more workshops left before our grant ends in July 2026! We've helped hundreds of academics publish hundreds of pieces. It's been a blast. One more workshop in 2025 this October.beyondtheivorytower.comBeyond the Ivory Tower 110
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 23/03/2025The team is very excited to see all the proposals for UK Focused Research Organizations! We've partnered with @aria-research.bsky.social to seek proposals for FROs that could unlock transformative progress in ARIA’s opportunity spaces: www.convergentresearch.org/frost-uk Apply by Friday March 28!convergentresearch.orgFROST UK — Convergent Research 032
Reposted by Joseph FridmanAdam Marblestone @adammarblestone.bsky.social · 21/03/2025There are so many inspiring examples of scientific roadmaps out there: this post was our quick way of introducing new explorers of the scientific landscape to this fascinating genre. Expect more from us in terms of releasing roadmaps & thinking soon and let us know which of your favorites we missed! 095
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025"There are bottlenecks choking progress in virtually every scientific field, and you can identify these with a good roadmap." - @adammarblestone.bsky.social Out now on our new Substack, Essential Technology: convergentresearch.substack.com/p/scientific...convergentresearch.substack.comA beginner’s guide to scientific roadmappingWonderful maps and how to read them 075
Reposted by Joseph FridmanConvergent Research @convergentresearch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025"Organizations like @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, the @arcinstitute.org, and a whole class of nonprofit start-ups called focused research organizations are instead using philanthropic dollars to build tools that could accelerate scientific progress." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for ScienceWe need less administrative bloat in science. 093
Joseph Fridman @josephfridman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025some personal news: i've joined @convergentresearch.bsky.social to head up comms! it's, uh, a good time to grow orgs that make scientific public goods if you have ideas, let's chat 🚀🔬🧠🧬🌱🧪 022
Reposted by Joseph FridmanFrank S. David @franksdavid.bsky.social · 24/02/2025This op-ed writing workshop for academics, “Beyond the Ivory Tower” looks good — apps for next cohort due 3/3. Apply! www.beyondtheivorytower.com cc @josephfridman.bsky.socialbeyondtheivorytower.comBeyond the Ivory Tower 021
