Sebastian Ahnert
@sebastianahnert.bsky.social
Physicist with interdisciplinary interests. https://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~sea31/
Reposted by Sebastian Ahnert
Far from the whole story but we wrote about the grant proposal contest component a few years ago. Thinking about other elements of your question this summer….
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Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions
Scientists waste substantial time writing grant proposals, potentially squandering much of the scientific value of funding programs. This Meta-Research Article shows that, unfortunately, grant-proposa...
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June 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Far from the whole story but we wrote about the grant proposal contest component a few years ago. Thinking about other elements of your question this summer….
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...