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NSF/NIH are great funding sources but: overhead! Straight up less paperwork is a serious improvement.
by ethanbond 5y ago
NSF/NIH are great funding sources but: overhead! Straight up less paperwork is a serious improvement.
- rackjack 5y agoAlso, budgeting instability due to political delays in the American government.
- Symmetry 5y agoGrant writing takes up, what, half of a PI's time typically? Reducing that would be huge.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoFrom the blog on the Fast Grants program they did earlier- "57% of respondents told us that they spend more than one quarter of their time on grant applications." Also, "According to the NIH, a grant application will typically result in a decision after something between 200 and 600 days." The whole post is worth reading in light of this new announcement. https://future.a16z.com/what-we-learned-doing-fast-grants/ https://future.a16z.com/what-we-learned-doing-fast-grants/