What it would take a resarch-funding organization to issue grants for specifically replicating results of existing papers? Why don't they do it? May be they do and I'm just unaware?
It's a 501(c)3, thus a not-for profit...not sure how much grant funding they receive, but they do actively solicit donations from the public...
I think you'd be surprised at the number of public research papers, including some that end up being sources for articles in well-known science journals, that are retracted each year...
A list of papers retracted, which is continually updated, can be found at their site: