aaac:questions:1s [Assay and Acquisition of Radiopure Materials]

Is it good for the science?
- Reduce the diversity of ideas? Stifle risky, but imaginative proposals?
  - How many proposals are same PI
  - Rate of success of new PI
  - Do new PIs come up thru the ranks? How many proposals was a PI on as a senior researcher in the past.
  - Size of collaborations, relative number of small vs large collaborations
  - How do we track “new ideas” ?
Would it improve success rates?
- funding requested per proposal, $$ requested for successful vs unsuccessful
- number of times proposed before success. (and no success attempts)
- demographics on success vs unsuccessful
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?