# convergent research: history

> the incubator, sourced and dated — the thesis chapter, the day one memo, the 2021 unveiling, the first cohort, and the federal turn.

## the missing middle gets a name (2019–2020)

the fro idea gestates in ed boyden's mit lab — rodriques' phd thesis writes it down first, marblestone carries it to the day one project, and the memo asks the federal government for sixteen of them.

- 2019-05-17 — the thesis chapter: sam rodriques submits his mit physics phd thesis, 'mapping cell types, dynamics, and connections in neural circuits' (advisors boyden and gore). its closing chapter critiques academic incentives and proposes 'a structure for basic science research... based on the systematic establishment of well-funded, highly focused research projects with clear goals, an incentive to rapidly disseminate information, and limited lifetimes' — the first written fro proposal, per rodriques himself. (confirmed; sources: [mit physics phd](https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/123401), [three fros funded oct 2021 by schmidt futures and astera](https://www.sam-rodriques.com/post/focused-research-organizations))
- 2019 — the boyden-lab conception: marblestone — then a research scientist in boyden's synthetic neurobiology group — develops the concept in parallel with the boyden-lab circle including andrew payne and rodriques. rodriques dates the joint conception to ~2019 and calls the brain-mapping project that became e11 bio 'the original inspiration for the focused research organization model.' (confirmed; sources: [mit origin story](https://news.mit.edu/2025/former-mit-researchers-advance-new-model-innovation-0606), [insider self-critique](https://www.sam-rodriques.com/post/three-learnings-about-focused-research-organizations), [e11 as original fro inspiration](https://www.sam-rodriques.com/post/optical-microscopy-provides-a-path-to-a-10m-mouse-brain-connectome-if-it-eliminates-proofreading))
- 2020-09-24 — the day one memo: rodriques and marblestone publish 'focused research organizations to accelerate science, technology, and medicine' through the day one project at the federation of american scientists. the memo urges the next administration to fund '16 new fros: four per year for the next four years' under ostp, and defines fros as 'stand-alone moonshot organizations insulated from both academic and commercial incentive structures' — organized like startups, accountable to funders rather than shareholders. (confirmed; sources: [rodriques & marblestone fro white paper (day one project](https://fas.org/publication/focused-research-organizations-to-accelerate-science-technology-and-medicine/), [rodriques & marblestone, day one project/fas](https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Focused-Research-Organizations-to-Accelerate-Science-Technology-and-Medicine.pdf))
- 2020 — the dormant uk thread: a dominic cummings-led uk government team works on fros in parallel — 'we started work on fros in uk 2020' — and stalls, per the tbi report's later account. the uk thread stays dormant until aria picks it up years later. (reported; sources: [tbi report summary](https://progress.substack.com/p/whats-your-fro))

## the incubator appears (2021)

marblestone and gamick found convergent research inside schmidt futures; the october unveiling names e11 bio and cultivarium — and astera's rejuvenome turns out to be the third fro of the same wave.

- 2021 — convergent founded: convergent research is created as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit inside schmidt futures — 'in 2021, two of us (marblestone and gamick) founded the nonprofit convergent research.' marblestone was a schmidt futures innovation fellow; tom kalil, then schmidt futures' chief innovation officer, is credited by mit news alongside the co-founders and becomes board chair. the exact incorporation date is not public. (confirmed; sources: [fall 2025 retrospective](https://issues.org/focused-research-organizations-fro-marblestone-gamick-wang-fridman/), [public unveiling](https://www.fastcompany.com/90684882/these-focused-research-organizations-are-taking-on-gaps-in-scientific-discovery), [mit origin story](https://news.mit.edu/2025/former-mit-researchers-advance-new-model-innovation-0606), [board chair](https://www.convergentresearch.org/team/tom-kalil))
- 2021-10-12 — the fast company unveiling: the public unveiling: a fast company exclusive (adele peters) announces convergent — 'spun out of schmidt futures' — and names the first two fros, e11 bio (andrew payne) and cultivarium. marblestone frames the gap: in academia 'your job is to publish scientific papers'; in industry 'you're probably going to want to take the lowest-risk path.' (confirmed; sources: [public unveiling](https://www.fastcompany.com/90684882/these-focused-research-organizations-are-taking-on-gaps-in-scientific-discovery), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/e11-bio), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/cultivarium))
- 2021-10-13 — the third fro isn't convergent's: the astera institute and the buck institute announce the $70m rejuvenome project — astera's seemay chou later calls it 'the first fro' they funded. rodriques' count: 'in october 2021, three fros were funded by schmidt futures and astera.' the third was astera's own, not a convergent subsidiary — the roster is easy to miscount. (confirmed; sources: [$70m astera×buck rejuvenome](https://www.buckinstitute.org/news/astera-institute-and-buck-institute-announce-70-million-collaboration-to-redefine-the-field-of-research-on-aging/), [seemay chou](https://asterainstitute.substack.com/p/identifying-systemic-bottlenecks), [three fros funded oct 2021 by schmidt futures and astera](https://www.sam-rodriques.com/post/focused-research-organizations), [tbi report summary](https://progress.substack.com/p/whats-your-fro))
- 2021-10-16 — the schmidt futures network: schmidt futures announces the schmidt futures network, with convergent as its first initiative — the philanthropy-trade writeup is dated via its wikipedia citation. marblestone's own blog runs a curated link-log of the launch-week fro mentions, evidence of a coordinated media push. (reported; sources: [schmidt futures network launch](https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/schmidt-futures-announces-launch-of-schmidt-futures-network), [consolidated citations (7 fros as of 2023)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_Research), [marblestones launch-day media index](https://longitudinal.blog/2021/10/18/selected-mentions-of-the-focused-research-organization-fro-concept-online/))
- 2021-10-19 — fro & parpa: launch week closes with a foresight institute session pairing marblestone with ben reinhardt — 'fro & parpa: innovating in scientific innovation' — the first public instance of the fro-vs-arpa framing that organizes the discourse afterward. (confirmed; sources: [marblestone+reinhardt joint session](https://foresight.org/resource/adam-marblestone-ben-reinhardt-fro-parpa-innovating-in-scientific-innovation/))
- 2021 — the bottlenecks workshop: the 'bottlenecks in science and technology' workshop — marblestone presenting, co-organized with josé ricón of nintil — seeds the connectomics and non-model-microbe examples inside the metascience scene and frames fros as 'mini manhattan projects.' (reported; sources: [ricón+marblestone workshop](https://nintil.com/bottlenecks-workshop/))

## the first cohort (2022–2023)

the nature comment canonizes the model, the tony blair institute report seeds the uk, schmidt and griffin commit $50m, and the 2023 wave — pti, eve bio, forest, [c]worthy, imprint, chi-fro, lean — fills out the roster.

- 2022-01-11 — the nature manifesto: the nature world view 'unblock research bottlenecks with non-profit start-ups' — six authors: marblestone, gamick, kalil, martin, cvitkovic, rodriques — becomes the canonical manifesto in mainstream science press: 'mid-scale projects that don't get tackled by academia, venture capitalists or government labs,' ~$20m–$100m over ~5 years. (confirmed; sources: [nature 601:188–190 comment, six authors](https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00018-5))
- 2022-03-28 — the ostp shadow: politico reports schmidt futures 'indirectly paid the salaries of two ostp employees' and that the office's general counsel raised ethics flags about schmidt's science-policy influence; house oversight republicans open an inquiry a month later. convergent is accused of nothing — the controversy attaches to its anchor funder's washington footprint. (confirmed; sources: [schmidt futures salaries at ostp](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/28/google-billionaire-joe-biden-science-office-00020712), [verge recap of politico findings](https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/28/22999754/eric-schmidt-google-money-white-house-science-ai-lander), [vox recode analysis of schmidt influence](https://www.vox.com/recode/23001543/eric-schmidt-white-house-office-science-technology-policy-philanthropy-ethical-concerns), [house gop inquiry into schmidt/ostp ties](https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-26-WHCO-OSTP-funding.pdf))
- 2022-08-04 — seal teams for science: the tony blair institute publishes 'a new model for science' with convergent and the entrepreneurs network — 'seal teams for science' and a uk opportunity analysis that later seeds aria and research ventures catalyst adoption. days later eric schmidt tweets convergent's rolling fro-proposal call; the open-solicitation era begins. (confirmed; sources: [tbi + entrepreneurs network + convergent](https://assets.ctfassets.net/75ila1cntaeh/2L8JGwTxO5DYQRKW11NLTw/4482c7b89b5351b3a702ec0dde69afa2/A_2BNew_2BModel_2Bfor_2BScience_1.pdf), [companion landing page for the tbi report](https://www.tenentrepreneurs.org/research/a-new-model-for-science), [tbi report summary](https://progress.substack.com/p/whats-your-fro))
- 2023-03-15 — schmidt and griffin's $50m: schmidt futures and ken griffin commit $50m to convergent — the first major outside-anchor funding beyond the schmidts. forbes reports the next two fros (eve bio and the parallel squared technology institute) and a pipeline of '>300 fro proposals' (reported via convergent). (confirmed; sources: [$50m commitment (pti + eve bio)](https://www.schmidtfutures.org/schmidt-futures-and-ken-griffin-commit-50-million-to-support-the-next-big-breakthroughs-in-science/), [$50m schmidt+griffin](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2023/03/17/why-billionaires-ken-griffin-and-eric-schmidt-are-spending-50-million-on-a-new-kind-of-scientific-research/), [corroborates $50m + pipeline detail](https://leaders.com/news/innovation/billionaires-support-unsupported-research/), [confirms $50m → pti and eve bio](https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/08/07/alzheimers-research-organization-grant/))
- 2023-06-13 — fas keeps the memo alive: the federation of american scientists — institutional home of the 2020 memo — publishes 'focused research organizations: a new model for scientific research' and stands up a standing fro initiative page, framing fros as a us competitiveness instrument. (confirmed; sources: [fas explainer](https://fas.org/publication/focused-research-organizations-a-new-model-for-scientific-research/), [fas fro explainer + proposal series](https://fas.org/initiative/focused-research-organizations/))
- 2023-06-14 — the sunset doctrine bends: rodriques posts 'three learnings about focused research organizations': 'at least four fros... each funded with $20m–$50m' now exist, and the 5–7-year sunset 'generated more concern than i had expected' — the first public revision of the doctrine. fros, he adds, should be free to grow if they succeed. (confirmed; sources: [insider self-critique](https://www.sam-rodriques.com/post/three-learnings-about-focused-research-organizations))
- 2023-07-25 — lean fro: the lean fro forms under convergent — leonardo de moura and sebastian ullrich's effort to sustain the lean proof assistant, funded by the simons foundation international, sloan, richard merkin, and founders pledge. deepmind's imo-silver system later runs on lean — the portfolio's most quotable downstream use. (confirmed; sources: [lean fro launch + funders (simons, sloan, merkin, founders pledge)](https://web.archive.org/web/20241222074338/https:/lean-fro.org/about/), [formed jul 2023](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/lean), [mit origin story](https://news.mit.edu/2025/former-mit-researchers-advance-new-model-innovation-0606))
- 2023 — the 2023 wave: the 2023 wave fills out the roster: pti (proteomics, slavov + specht), eve bio (pharmome mapping, durham), forest neurotech (whole-brain ultrasound bci, incubated at astera), [c]worthy (ocean cdr quantification, boulder), imprint ('forensic immunology,' nyc), and chi-fro (probabilistic computing, mansinghka + tenenbaum) — all 'established 2023' per the ecosystem page. (confirmed; sources: [current 12-fro roster](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/pti), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/eve-bio), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/forest), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/cworthy), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/imprint), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/chi-fro))
- 2023-10-24 — forest's butterfly deal: forest neurotech signs a five-year co-development deal with butterfly network — $20m to butterfly including licensing and milestones — and is described in coverage as 'the latest focused research organization to be created as part of convergent research.' (confirmed; sources: [forest neurotech × butterfly $20m deal](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231024884034/en/))
- 2023 — rodriques builds his own: rodriques co-founds futurehouse and publishes a cell commentary on fro-like organizations — the co-inventor builds his own version outside the convergent line. (reported; sources: [correa interviews marblestone & rodriques](https://fas.org/publication/nsf-supercharge-independent-tech-labs/), [cites tbi report + rodriques cell commentary](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02080-7))

## the institutionalization (2024–2025)

aria names convergent an activation partner, the gap map and essential technology productize the thesis, the white house recommends fro agreements, and nsf's tech labs rfi turns the model toward federal scale.

- 2024-05-03 — aria picks convergent: aria publishes its activation partners tender — the uk advanced research agency begins shopping for the partner who will run a fro program there. convergent is named among nine activation partners on october 9; its own announcement post carries a 2025 site date that reads as a migration artifact. (confirmed; sources: [activation partners tender](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014340-2024), [aria activation partners announcement incl](https://ariaresearch.substack.com/p/meet-our-activation-partners-driving), [frost uk / activation partner announcement](https://www.convergentresearch.org/resources/convergent/announcing-our-new-collaboration-with-aria-as-an-activation-partner))
- 2024-05-06 — renaissance philanthropy: tom kalil launches renaissance philanthropy — kalil as ceo, kumar garg as president, a founding donation from eric and wendy schmidt — and keeps the convergent board chair. the sibling (not parent) org later runs the 'big if true science' accelerator and the xtx-funded ai for math fund. (confirmed; sources: [kalil launches renaissance](https://www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/former-clinton-and-obama-science-staffer-launches-new-philanthropic-organization), [launch coverage](https://www.axios.com/2024/05/06/tom-kalil-launches-renaissance-philanthropy), [board chair](https://www.convergentresearch.org/team/tom-kalil), [kalil+garg roles](https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024-6-13-how-a-new-philanthropy-advisory-firm-aims-to-drive-science-and-tech-innovation-with-new-models-and-emerging-donors))
- 2024-12-03 — the connectomics roadmap: e11 bio releases its roadmap toward 100x-cheaper connectomics — the prism preview and the self-proofreading claim — with bloomberg coverage the same day. (confirmed; sources: [e11 connectomics roadmap](https://e11.bio/blog/roadmap), [e11 roadmap coverage](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-03/ex-google-ceo-wants-to-learn-about-brains-by-infecting-them))
- 2025-01-20 — forest 1 in the nhs: the guardian reports forest neurotech's ultrasound device in an nhs trial — the first fro artifact inside a national health system. (confirmed; sources: [forest neurotech device in nhs trial](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/20/brain-implant-boost-mood-ultrasound-nhs-trial))
- 2025-02-07 — essential technology: convergent launches its blog, essential technology, with marblestone's 'how to build essential technology' manifesto — 'bridge-scale' science, a claimed ~100 fro-shaped projects, and a uk open-call deadline of february 16. the rough magnitudes are self-reported. (confirmed; sources: [bridge-scale science](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/how-to-build-essential-technology), [essential technology launch](https://www.convergentresearch.org/resources/convergent/launching-convergent-s-substack-essential-technology))
- 2025-04-15 — the gap map: the gap map v1.0 ships at gap-map.org — the 'fundamental development gap map,' convergent's public database of the bottlenecks the thesis names. institutional innovation, productized. (confirmed; sources: [gap map v1](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/introducing-the-convergent-research), [gap-map database description](https://www.gap-map.org/about/))
- 2025-05-15 — imprint goes public: imprint labs announces $15m in philanthropic funding — its public launch — to decode 'the immune system' for chronic-disease research; funders include the schmidts, nycedc, and peter reinhardt, with ceo beck brachman fresh off a ted stage. (confirmed; sources: [imprint $15m launch](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/05/15/3082090/0/en/Imprint-Labs-Announces-15M-in-Funding-to-Decode-the-Immune-System-Facilitate-Chronic-Disease-Research.html), [convergent has secured funding from 30-plus individuals/organizations](https://biotechgrid.com/imprint-labs-launches-to-pioneer-forensic-immunology-for-chronic-disease/), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/imprint))
- 2025-06-06 — the mit news canonization: mit news publishes the institutional origin story — boyden lab to thesis chapter to day one memo to convergent — reporting 'convergent has supported the creation of 10 fros since its founding in 2021.' (confirmed; sources: [mit origin story](https://news.mit.edu/2025/former-mit-researchers-advance-new-model-innovation-0606))
- 2025-06 — the founder residency: the uk fro founder residency kicks off — five teams chosen from roughly ninety to a hundred applications (reported counts vary) for a six-month program, with a capstone symposium around september 9. the cohort model of institutional manufacturing, run with aria. (confirmed; sources: [~90+ proposals](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the-uk-fro-founder-residency), [fall 2025 retrospective](https://issues.org/focused-research-organizations-fro-marblestone-gamick-wang-fridman/))
- 2025-07-02 — the metascience alliance: the metascience alliance is announced at metascience 2025 in london — 830 participants from ~65 countries; convergent joins at launch and gamick gives the day-3 opening keynote. trade press reports gamick's aria fro plan at £10–14m per fro. (confirmed; sources: [gamick metascience 2025 keynote](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/forging-new-institutions-and-alliances), [gamick at metascience 2025 (jul 2)](https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-research-councils-2025-7-aria-to-launch-focused-research-organisation-within-a-year/))
- 2025-07-23 — the ai action plan: the white house 'america's ai action plan' recommends long-term agreements with fros for ai-enabled science — the model enters federal policy language. (confirmed; sources: [recommends fro agreements for ai-enabled science](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf), [fall 2025 retrospective](https://issues.org/focused-research-organizations-fro-marblestone-gamick-wang-fridman/))
- 2025-10-01 — prism ships: e11 bio releases prism — the preprint lands on biorxiv september 26 (>750x label diversity, 8x tracing accuracy) alongside plasmids, reagents, and code; an ashlee vance podcast interview with payne rounds out the push. licensing is cc-by-nc — public goods with a boundary. (confirmed; sources: [prism paper](https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.26.678648), [e11 prism release](https://www.newswise.com/articles/prism-shines-a-light-on-mapping-brain-circuits-at-scale), [full prism release](https://www.e11.bio/blog/prism), [ashlee vance interviews payne at prism launch](https://www.corememory.com/p/we-shall-finally-map-the-brain-e11bio-andrew-payne-prism))
- 2025-10-13 — the field notes: 'field notes on moving focused research organizations forward' — marblestone, gamick, wang, and fridman's four-year retrospective in issues in science and technology — is candid about what broke: darpa-rigid milestones needed reworking into 'north star' goals, scientist-founders needed coaches, midstream fundraising stays hard, and 'an fro's path to success must involve a kind of product development.' (confirmed; sources: [fall 2025 retrospective](https://issues.org/focused-research-organizations-fro-marblestone-gamick-wang-fridman/))
- 2025-12-12 — nsf tech labs: nsf's tip directorate announces the tech labs pilot — up to $1b, awards of $10–50m per year, rfi due january 20, 2026 — explicitly fro-modeled. fas interviews marblestone and rodriques the same day; the wsj calls it 'one of the most significant experiments in science funding in decades.' (confirmed; sources: [nsf tip tech labs rfi](https://www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announces-new-initiative-launch-scale-new-generation), [nsf tip tech labs initiative + rfi](https://www.nsf.gov/tip/updates/nsf-announces-new-initiative-launch-scale-new-generation), [tech labs rfi](https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7332ade93217443ba8c9abb916904e03/view), [correa interviews marblestone & rodriques](https://fas.org/publication/nsf-supercharge-independent-tech-labs/), [wsj: one of the most significant experiments in science funding in decades (via archive](https://archive.is/O5hI3))
- 2025-12 — bidding on the federal version: convergent publishes its nsf tech labs rfi responses — on program design and translational bottlenecks — and offers to serve as an implementation partner. the incubator bids to run the federal version of itself. (confirmed; sources: [convergents nsf tech labs rfi responses](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/our-responses-to-the-nsf-tech-labs))

## the spread (2026–)

chi-fro becomes the first transition, dragonfly's mothra array lands in nature, meridial and echo labs open the uk cohort, and melody surfaces in pasadena.

- 2026-02 — the first transition: chi-fro — at convergent 2023–2025 — transitions to the probabilistic computing foundation: the first concrete non-death outcome for a fro, and the first live test of the '.org/.gov/.com' transition doctrine. the governance and equity mechanics are undisclosed. (confirmed; sources: [chi-fro at convergent 2023–2025 → transitioned to probabilistic computing foundation](https://www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-evolution-of-chi-fro), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/chi-fro))
- 2026-04-21 — meridial and echo labs: convergent and aria launch meridial (£14m initial aria award; living-brain connectivity microscopy; fisek) and echo labs (ecological intelligence; wasik, blank, tindall) in london — the first two uk fros out of the residency, and convergent's first major expansion outside the us. (confirmed; sources: [meridial (£14m) + echo labs launch](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/convergent-research-and-aria-launch-two-new-uk-focused-research-organizations-302748565.html), [meridial + echo labs launch](https://www.bolsamania.com/nota-de-prensa/mercados/convergent-research-and-aria-launch-two-new-uk-focused-research-organizations--22322405.html), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/meridial), [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/echo-labs))
- 2026-06 — mothra in nature: dragonfly's mothra array — 1,140 eyes on the cosmic web, built in chile with abraham and van dokkum, funded by alex gerko/xtx — lands a nature paper (exact date reported, not verified) plus a science news feature on its bow-shock finding. the fro portfolio reaches astrophysics. (reported; sources: [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem/dragonfly), [mothra/dragonfly fro telescope](https://news.yale.edu/2026/03/11/mothra-has-its-eyes-all-1140-them-focused-cosmic-web), [science news on mothra nature paper](https://www.science.org/content/article/new-telescope-reveals-missing-link-cosmic-recycling-matter), [convergent linkedin — dragonfly nature paper + fro framing](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/convergent-research_introducing-meridial-and-echo-labs-activity-7452341577986953216-n19Q))
- 2026-09-07 — melody: the melody fro surfaces in pasadena — open bioelectronics for continuous molecular monitoring, founded by anand muthusamy and incubated at convergent — announced in a founder-authored roadmap post. it is not yet on the ecosystem page. (reported; sources: [melody fro public launch](https://anandmuthusamy.substack.com/p/melody-fros-roadmap-for-open-bioelectronics), [melody mission](https://melodyfro.org/))
- 2026-09-16 — the ledger today: the self-reported tally: 'since 2021, we've secured almost $400m in funding from 30+ individuals and institutions to launch almost a dozen subsidiary fros.' the roster lists twelve; per-fro budgets remain undisclosed beyond the $20–50m design range. (reported; sources: [convergentresearch.org](https://www.convergentresearch.org/about), [current 12-fro roster](https://www.convergentresearch.org/ecosystem))

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