Why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? A personal opinion

Uncertainty is expected to enter into our grant allocation processes at many points, not limited to those directly involving assessment by peers. The selection of grants for funding is thus prodigiously low in statistical power and will remain so. The replacement of current systems with some form of...

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Autor principal: Cousens, Roger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30847053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4855
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description Uncertainty is expected to enter into our grant allocation processes at many points, not limited to those directly involving assessment by peers. The selection of grants for funding is thus prodigiously low in statistical power and will remain so. The replacement of current systems with some form of lottery, as has been proposed, seriously risks weakening the quality of applications. Opportunities exist for agencies to encourage and reward greater clarity and innovation in research outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-63923832019-03-07 Why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? A personal opinion Cousens, Roger Ecol Evol Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution Uncertainty is expected to enter into our grant allocation processes at many points, not limited to those directly involving assessment by peers. The selection of grants for funding is thus prodigiously low in statistical power and will remain so. The replacement of current systems with some form of lottery, as has been proposed, seriously risks weakening the quality of applications. Opportunities exist for agencies to encourage and reward greater clarity and innovation in research outcomes. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6392383/ /pubmed/30847053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4855 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? A personal opinion
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title_full_unstemmed Why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? A personal opinion
title_short Why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? A personal opinion
title_sort why can't we make research grant allocation systems more consistent? a personal opinion
topic Academic Practice in Ecology and Evolution
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6392383/
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