Sponsor Conference

Description
Conferences attract more funding for research by increasing any unspent budget by 10%.

Cost
?? - You can use any research for this, but each time you use a research it must be a different RESEARCH AREA (algorithms, materials or physics) or FUNDAMENTALNESS (minor, major or fundamental), or both. This mean you can research this project a maximum of nine times.

Impact
Conferences are a great way to generate a bit of revenue from industry sponsors; each level of this research means that at the end of each turn your remaining funding is increased by a flat 10%, rounded down to the nearest $100,000. The first MAJOR or FUNDAMENTAL research you spend on this project also increases the payment by a further flat 10% so with heavy investment you could conceivably receive double your unspent resources each turn.

NB A flat increase means that only the principle is increased, and the interest effectively does not 'compound' within a single turn. If you had six levels of this research and $1m stored up, you would have $1.6m at the end of the turn (the $1m principle, plus 6 lots of 10% of $1m, which is $600,000)

Future Research
Conferences are more of an idea and an excuse to get pissed with members of your research community, and don't lead to any fundamental breakthroughs by themselves