# Different axes of where research gets done in the US ### Funding * Philanthropy * NSF style government funding - primarily executor initiated * DARPA style involved government funding - primarily funder initiated * Venture Capital * Large corporations ### Execution * National Labs * Startups (small businesses that aim to quickly become large businesses) * Small businesses * Large businesses * Universities * DARPA style government organizations ## Axes ### Manage This is a separate list from how research is funded * Government run vs privately run * Government * Private * For profit vs non profit * Part of bigger org or its own thing (and what level) * Grants vs Budgets vs Contracts * [[Organizations can get incomes via Contracts, budgets, or products]] * Top down direction vs. bottom up direction There are several salient structures by which research is done and structured the line between funding and execution is more nebulous than we would like to think because of incentive flows * Funding * NSF grant style * DARPA grant/contract style * Military contract style * Execution ### Related * [[§Axes for Looking at Funding and Organizations]] * [[§Academia and Research]] * [[Comparing and contrasting FROs to other organizations]]