Academic studies are definitely slow, but 3-5 years strikes me as extremely slow, even for academia.
I’m generally on board with what you’re describing but I wonder whether there’s also opportunities to work better with academia? Like if you’re the one providing the funding, you might be able to negotiate with them and keep them accountable to timelines. There’s probably also lots of variability between academics so you can identify the ones that are capable of executing well and quickly, and then work with them.
Academic studies are definitely slow, but 3-5 years strikes me as extremely slow, even for academia.
I’m generally on board with what you’re describing but I wonder whether there’s also opportunities to work better with academia? Like if you’re the one providing the funding, you might be able to negotiate with them and keep them accountable to timelines. There’s probably also lots of variability between academics so you can identify the ones that are capable of executing well and quickly, and then work with them.