==== Solution 2:  RFPs every other year ====
  * **Is it good for the science?** 
    * Does it create funding gaps for tenure-seeking researchers and thus unfairly target a demographic we want to encourage?
    * Does it create uneven funding levels, loss of resources, lack of continuity in the off years?
  * **Would it improve success rates?**
    * Or create a multitude of poor proposals in the “on” year
    * Or increase funding requested per proposal? 
  * **Would it reduce reviewer load? ** 
    * Or create many more proposals in the “on” year?