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Diversity Journal Club - The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds

February 20, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hybrid: McPherson 4054 and Zoom

Speaker: Jennifer Johnson

Abstract:

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407644121

I will discuss this summary paper, with some comments on the papers that it cites, on the current methods for evaluating proposals for grant funding, the pros and cons of these methods, and possible changes that could improve efficiency and successful funding of transformative science.