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?