An introduction to ReResearch - a research institute dedicated to renewable energy research.

1. Privately funded.
Goal oriented research.
Target area: energy applications.
Publications are secondary.

2. Research
Curiosity research vs Question research?
Question Research is about the end result.
Question led research is interdisciplinary.

3. Publications
Publication is still the measure of promotion.
Has become the end instead of the means.

4. ReResearch
 Private Sector style management.
 The goal justifies the research means.
 Small number of target problems.
 Interdisciplinary team contracted to solve these
problems by any means.
 Universities contracted to supply facilities.
 Staff are paid by Re-Research and report to
it, even if working in a university setting.

5. ReResearch Advantages
 Complimentary to existing infrastructure.
 No re-inventing the wheel.
 Priority is world class discovery not bountiful
publication.
 Money and control flow from the same structure.
 Fruitless areas are killed quickly.
 Short (2-3 yr) timelines for progress.
 Model has been used successfully before.