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| - | ==== What is the effect of reduced funding for individual research grants | + | ==== General Data we need (over the last 10 years) ==== |
| - | * What do we expect to happen if the current trend continues unchecked? | + | * Who is writing the proposals? |
| - | * Does it represent healthy competition and improve proposal quality? | + | * PI position: e.g. postdoc, assist. Prof, assoc. Prof, tenured faculty, research faculty, Gender, race/ |
| - | * Does it unfairly target younger researchers? | + | * How many proposals submitted by same PI - broken down by PI category |
| - | * Does it reduce the number of scientists in the field? | + | |
| - | * Does it favor large projects | + | |
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| - | ==== 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? | + | |
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| - | ==== 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? | + | |
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| - | ==== General Data we need ==== | + | |
| - | * Who is writing the proposals? | + | |
| - | * PI position: e.g. postdoc, assist. Prof, assoc. Prof, tenured faculty, research faculty, Gender, race/ | + | |
| - | * How many proposals submitted by same PI (broken down by PI category) | + | |
| * Number of senior researchers on proposal | * Number of senior researchers on proposal | ||
| - | * per year, per category of PI, per funding requested | + | * per year, per category of PI, per funding requested |
| - | * Compare success rates of different sorts of proposals | + | * Compare success rates of different sorts of proposals |
| * per PI category, per number of senior researchers, | * per PI category, per number of senior researchers, | ||
| - | * Years between proposals | + | * Years between proposals |
| * cross correlate to success rate, PI category, # of senior researcher | * cross correlate to success rate, PI category, # of senior researcher | ||
| * Do younger researchers rise through the ranks (are researcher on proposal and then become PI later)? | * Do younger researchers rise through the ranks (are researcher on proposal and then become PI later)? | ||
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| * Are there other sources of scientific support for the community? | * Are there other sources of scientific support for the community? | ||
| - | * How much of the science support for the community comes through missions or other stable sources relative to competed 3-year proposals? | + | * How much of the science support for the community comes through missions or other stable sources relative to competed 3-year proposals? |
| - | * What fraction of the money for competed research is distributed to various types of institution (labs, universities, | + | * What fraction of the money for competed research is distributed to various types of institution (labs, universities, |
| Individual support questions | Individual support questions | ||
| - | * How many grants of typical size are required to support an individual investigator? | + | * How many grants of typical size are required to support an individual investigator? |
| - | * How many sources of support does the typical investigator (PI, CoI, student) rely upon? | + | * How many sources of support does the typical investigator (PI, CoI, student) rely upon? |
| - | * How many investigators/ | + | * How many investigators/ |
| Career questions | Career questions | ||
| - | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? | + | * How many awards have gone to first-time PIs? |
| * How much of the typical award supports the PI? CoIs? Students? | * How much of the typical award supports the PI? CoIs? Students? | ||
| * What is the age (in career) distribution of PIs? Proposers? | * What is the age (in career) distribution of PIs? Proposers? | ||
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| * Does the success rate/number of proposals make any difference in program allocations by agencies? | * Does the success rate/number of proposals make any difference in program allocations by agencies? | ||
| - | Another approach being tried is two-step proposals. | ||
| - | * Does this work? | ||
| - | * Should the results of the first-step down-selection be advisory or mandatory? | ||
| - | * Who makes the decisions about multi-step proposals? | ||
| Question for Program Managers | Question for Program Managers | ||
| - | * How many proposals have been reviewed annually for the last 10 years? | + | * How many proposals have been reviewed annually for the last 10 years? |
| - | * How many proposals have been selected annually for the last 10 year? | + | * How many proposals have been selected annually for the last 10 year? |
| - | * How much money has been awarded annually in the last 10 years for competed research grants? | + | * How much money has been awarded annually in the last 10 years for competed research grants? |
| - | * What fraction of the total program budget each year has gone to support competed grants? | + | * What fraction of the total program budget each year has gone to support competed grants? |
| Questions about Impact on People | Questions about Impact on People | ||
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| * What are the off-ramps (retirement, | * What are the off-ramps (retirement, | ||
| * What are the on-ramps (students, from other fields, shifting research focus, etc.) for each discipline and how many are using them? | * What are the on-ramps (students, from other fields, shifting research focus, etc.) for each discipline and how many are using them? | ||
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