Dear Leslie,
Agreed on all points.
But poor procedures can make the bad situation caused by flat budgets
substantially worse. I very much hope that the report on the questionnaire
doesn't wind up being a defense of a one-cycle-per-year format. Such a stance
would, in my opinion, meet a wide
Yes, and Leslie is right in that NSF does not set the negotiated
rates. Current government policy requires them to pay negotiated
indirect rates on grants. However, it is possible although very
unlikely to happen, for NSF or other grant agencies to go through the
system of requests to change that
A few quick things in regard to the comments below.
1. DEB did institute a Small Grants Program, see Program Solicitation NSF
13-508 and NSF 14-503. Relevant wording: "Small Grants: The Division welcomes
proposals for Small Grants to the core programs via this solicitation. These
awards are i
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Excellent proposal Givnish.
MacCallum, I was not intending to disagree with your comments. In fact, I
stated that I agreed. I just thought all related information should be
considered before declaring the grants system a total bust. It does result in
good science, it just interferes with a l
Arguably, the changes DEB itself has installed in the NSF review process over
the past two years are also likely to damage the American scientific
enterprise. In order to relieve pressure on staff and reviewers, DEB has gone
to a once-a-year cycle of pre-proposals, with at most two pre-proposals
That is false logic.
There have been numerous studies demonstrating the remarkable over-all
productivity of American scientists. However, that does not mean
that the system for funding is the reason. In fact, it is quite
possible, and i'ld argue very likely that these same individuals would
be r
Well, first they disbanded political science research, and now they
are trying to do the first steps to slowing science. The person at
NSF who approves funding must justify such. why? that way the
congress can go after that person, exert pressure on the scientific
process, and turn it into a pol
