The Allen Distinguished Investigator program...
is particularly opportune right now because...
it brings together scientists who are...
doing fundamental research --
curiosity driven research...
and offers them an opportunity...
to take their science to a new level...
to try things that they might not have been able to do in the past...
due to funding limitations.
And also gives them an opportunity to...
interact with each other and look for
precious connections...
that might not have been clear in
their scientific research either.
So I think it's a win-win.
