> I've provided concrete examples of how it has done the opposite. No, you've merely shown that there were some benefits. You didn't discuss costs at all. >

> I've provided concrete examples of how it has done the opposite. No, you've merely shown that there were some benefits. You didn't discuss costs at all. > Also I am pretty sure any grant writing process is definitely based on merit. "merit" means only that the best proposals were funded. It doesn't tell us whether funding those proposals was a good idea.