==== Solution 0: No change ====
  * What is the effect of reduced funding for individual research grants (relative to the overall funding profile)?
  * What do we expect to happen if the current trend continues unchecked? 
  * Does it represent healthy competition and improve proposal quality? 
  * Does it unfairly target younger researchers? 
  * Does it reduce the number of scientists in the field? 
  * Does it favor large projects over small projects? Is that good or bad?
  * [[aaac:questions:NoChange|Specific Data]] for No Change
==== Solution 1: one proposal per year per PI ==== 
  * **Is it good for the science?**
    * Reduce the diversity of ideas? Stifle risky, but imaginative proposals? 
  * **Would it improve success rates?**
  * **Would it reduce reviewer load?** 
    * number of proposals per group, per PI, per faculty vs research vs lab 
    * Would it create more PIs (proposals) from otherwise collaborating senior researchers?
    * Does it make it even more difficult to decide between a few very excellent must-fund proposals?
  *  [[aaac:questions:1s|Specific data]] for Solution 1
  * **Has this been tried before?**
    * Where? How many years?
    * What are the advantages?
    * What are the disadvantages?
==== 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? 
    * [[aaac:questions:2s|Specific data]] for Solution 2
  * **Has this been tried before?**
    * Where? How many years?
    * What are the advantages?
    * What are the disadvantages?

==== Solution 3: Pre-proposal stage (two-step proposals) ====
   * Should the results of the first-step down-selection be advisory or mandatory?
   * Who makes the decisions about multi-step proposals?
  * **Is it good for the science?** 
  * **Would it improve success rates?**
  * **Would it reduce reviewer load? ** 
  * **Has this been tried before?**
    * Where? How many years?
    * What are the advantages?
    * What are the disadvantages?