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Patronage & commissions

Keep open science open. Commission the question you need answered.

5D Library publishes bilingual monographs that anyone can read, check and try to refute: every claim sourced, every calculation runnable, and almost every book ending in a pre-registered study. Readers keep it free. Founders, investors and institutions can also commission a new monograph on their own question.

资助开放科学 · 委托跨学科命题研究。每一本书都可以免费阅读、复核、证伪；读者的资助让它保持免费，企业家、投资人与研究机构也可以出题，委托范雅福写一部新的专著。

Commission a monograph · 委托研究 Support open science · 资助
  • 33monographs published · 已出版专著
  • 33permanent DOIs on Zenodo · 永久 DOI
  • EN · 中文every book bilingual · 全部中英双语
  • 0paywalls · 付费墙

Module A · Support open science

Become a patron of the library

同行学者月度资助与单次资助

Patronage pays for what keeps the books free and checkable: data, instruments and replication runs, translation and editing, and hosting.

  • Fellow

    学术会员

    $25 / month

    • Helps keep all 33 books free to read, download and cite
    • Your name on the Patrons roll on this page, if you wish
    • Cancel any time
    Become a Fellow

  • Senior Patron

    高级资助人

    $50 / month

    • Funds the runnable code and open data behind each book
    • Listed as a Senior Patron on the Patrons roll, if you wish
    • Notice of each new monograph and pre-registration by email
    Become a Senior Patron

  • Benefactor Grant

    单次资助

    $100 one-time

    • A single grant towards translation, editing and archiving
    • Listed as a Benefactor on the Patrons roll, if you wish
    • No subscription
    Give a grant

  • Monograph Dedication

    专著扉页致谢

    $500 one-time

    • Your name, or your organisation's, printed in the acknowledgements of the next monograph
    • Archived permanently with its DOI on Zenodo, the open repository run by CERN
    • Carried into that book's paperback and Kindle editions
    Dedicate the next book

Patrons roll · 资助人名录

    The first patrons will be listed here, with their permission. 首批资助人（经本人同意）将列于此处。

    Patronage never buys a conclusion: patrons and sponsors have no say over what a book finds. Payments go to 5D Library and, unless stated otherwise, are not tax-deductible donations. 资助不影响任何研究结论；资助款项支付给 5D Library，除非另有说明，不属于可抵税的慈善捐赠。 Payment links are sent by email.

    Module B · Commission a cross-disciplinary monograph

    Bring a question. Leave with a monograph.

    跨学科命题悬赏研究 · $1,000 起

    Open to founders, investors, research institutions and independent scholars worldwide. Describe a problem in your industry, or a question that crosses fields. Fan Yafu reframes it into a research question that can be tested, then writes a bilingual monograph that models it mathematically, reads it against the classical sources, and ends with a pre-registered study anyone can run.

    向全球企业家、投资人、研究机构与独立学者开放。你提出行业痛点或想探索的跨界课题，范雅福把它升维重构为可检验的学术命题，用「西方数理建模 × 东方古典文献考辨 × 预注册实证方案」写成一部中英双语专著。

    • A 120–150 page bilingual monographChinese and English, eight chapters, built on the 5D Library house method · 中英双语，八章
    • Mathematical models with zero-dependency PythonPhysics, game theory and statistics, every simulation runnable as published · 零依赖 Python 仿真
    • A critical reading of the classical sourcesThe Chinese classics, histories and philosophers, quoted and checked · 东方古典文献考辨
    • A pre-registered empirical protocolHypothesis, method and decision rule written before any data · 预注册实证方案
    • A permanent DOI and your name on the title pageArchived on Zenodo, with the line below on the title page · 永久 DOI，扉页铭刻资助方
    Western mathematical modelling

    Physics and nonlinear dynamics, game theory and mechanism design, statistics, written as code you can run.

    Eastern classical scholarship

    经史子集与传统术数的原文考辨：引文核对出处，诠释与证据分开标注。

    Falsifiable by design

    Every book separates evidence, derivation and hypothesis, and states the result that would prove it wrong.

    Title page · 扉页

    Commissioned & Funded by [your name or institution]

    Research grant levels

    Choose a scope

    研究资助档位

    Every level is a full monograph with a DOI. Higher levels add depth of modelling, an interactive tool and scheduling priority. The final price is in the formal quote.

    • Standard

      $1,000 – 1,500

      标准单课题专著定制
      • One research question, eight chapters
      • Python simulations and a pre-registered protocol
      • Bilingual PDF and EPUB, DOI on Zenodo
    • Industry model

      $1,500 – 3,000

      深度行业建模 + 专属交互式 Web 计算器
      • Everything in Standard
      • Deeper modelling calibrated to your industry
      • A dedicated interactive web calculator, published with the book
    • Flagship

      $3,000 – 5,000+

      旗舰级多模型研究 + 专属算法沙盘 + 优先排期
      • Several competing models, compared on the same data
      • A dedicated algorithmic sandbox to explore scenarios
      • Priority in the writing schedule

    The standard every commission meets

    You choose the question, not the answer

    资助方选择题目，不选择结论

    • Published whatever it findsResults that contradict the sponsor's hopes, and null results, are published in the same way. 结果不论正负一律发表。
    • Funding disclosedThe dedication line appears on the title page and the funding is stated in the book's disclosure. 资助关系写入扉页与利益披露。
    • Open licence, author's copyrightCopyright stays with the author and 5D Library; the book is released openly for anyone to read and cite. 著作权归作者与 5D Library，以开源协议公开。
    • Falsifiable or declinedA topic is accepted only if it can be framed so that evidence could refute it. No medical, investment or legal advice. 无法形成可证伪命题的课题会婉拒；不提供医疗、投资或法律建议。

    Application · 定制申请

    Propose your research question

    Fill in the form and press Prepare my application. You get a structured summary to send by email or WhatsApp in one click. Fan Yafu reviews it, reframes the title and eight-chapter outline, and replies with a formal quote. Nothing is sent until you press send. 填写后生成结构化摘要，一键通过邮件或 WhatsApp 发送；审核后会为你重构中英文题目与八章大纲，并发送正式报价单。

    01 Who is commissioning · 申请人
    Please enter a name or institution.
    Leave blank to use the name on the left.
    Preview · 扉页预览
    Commissioned & Funded by …
    02 How to reach you · 联系方式
    Please enter a valid email.
    03 Your question or pain point · 课题或痛点
    0 / 3000
    Please describe it in at least 40 characters.
    04 Dimensions to bring in · 跨界维度 choose one or more · 可多选
    Please choose at least one dimension.
    05 Research grant budget · 研究资助预算
    Please choose a budget range.
    Please confirm to continue.

    Questions · 常见问题

    Can the monograph stay confidential?

    No. Commissions under this programme are published openly with a DOI; that is what makes them citable and checkable. If you need confidential analysis, say so in the form and we will tell you whether it can be offered separately. 本计划下的专著一律公开发表。

    What if the evidence goes against my view?

    It is published as it stands. The pre-registered protocol and the decision rule are fixed before any data, so neither side can move the goalposts afterwards. 结果照实发表；预注册在收集数据之前锁定方法与判定规则。

    How long does it take, and how is it paid?

    The formal quote sets out the reframed title, the eight-chapter outline, the schedule and the payment milestones. Flagship commissions are scheduled first. 正式报价单会写明题目、大纲、排期与付款节点。

    Who owns the book?

    Copyright stays with the author and 5D Library, and the book is released under an open licence so that anyone can read and cite it. The sponsor is named on the title page and may quote and link to the book freely. 著作权归作者与 5D Library；资助方署名于扉页，可自由引用与链接。

    What do the books look like?

    Thirty-three are already free on 5dlibrary.com; the method behind all of them is set out in 5DL-B-033, Scientific Methodology, Falsifiability and the Mathematical Statistics of the Replication Crisis.

    Questions before applying: yafu.fan@gmail.com