if you can magically predict result of research project, this will work!
"I would encourage the equal reporting of both positive and null findings. Performance would not in any way be based on positive findings, only that the experiments were carefully run."
Would you have considered the LHC experiments "failures" had we not found evidence of the Higgs Boson? I certainly wouldn't have. What matters most is that important questions backed by sound theoretical reasoning are addressed carefully, collaboratively, openly, and with plenty of long-term support. If we do that, we get genuine answers - such answers represent important information whether or not they support our original hypotheses.