[malandrew]

It seems to me like funding should be "double blind" by having all participants on both sides of an issue that want research performed to funnel the money into a general purpose fund. Scientists should not know where the money is coming from, and industry shouldn't be allowed to pick and choose which scientists do the research so there is equal chance of funding people with opposing viewpoints of what industry wants people to here.

AFAICT most corruption can be mitigated by clean interfaces that reduce if not eliminate conflicts of interest.