Should We Take a Chance on Lotteries Determining Research Funding?
social science space,
When Lambros Rambounis links lotteries and research funding, his suggestion is not basing a scientist’s hopes on a one-in-several…
Blind Luck – Could lotteries be a more efficient mechanism for allocating research funds than peer review?
Impact of Social Sciences,
Peer review is integral to the award of funds for academic research. However, as an increasingly large number of researchers…
Linguistic analysis reveals the hidden details of research grant proposal peer review reports
Impact of Social Sciences,
Despite peer review panels being the most common way of selecting applicants for research funding, little is known about how…
Weekend reads: “Chronic compulsive writing syndrome;” a new way to respond to rejection; rewards for a center that doesn’t yet exist
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