https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/ 2026-05-25T11:18:27+00:00 https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/ https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/_media/wiki/dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2014-09-11T20:30:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/aaac/questions/1s?rev=1410467402&do=diff Solution 1: one proposal per year per PI * 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. text/html 2014-09-11T20:31:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/aaac/questions/2s?rev=1410467513&do=diff 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? text/html 2014-09-14T15:44:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://zzz.physics.umn.edu/!lowrad/aaac/questions/nochange?rev=1410709466&do=diff 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?