The Lumbricus Research Fund (LRF) is an initiative by Lumbricus Research and Consultancy to combine knowledge and resources of different markets and stakeholders in order to provide high-end scientific, yet cost efficient, research for a more sustainable environment. The LRF aims to make research more accessible by working together with both the industry and educational institutes like universities. The democratic system of the LRF allows for all people to have input in which topics should be researched and by combining resources the research remains affordable. This is the new era of research.