I only know the European grant system but I'm still perplexed why grant submissions are not blind. It's pretty obvious that certain universities usually get X g

I only know the European grant system but I'm still perplexed why grant submissions are not blind. It's pretty obvious that certain universities usually get X grants in each cycle simply by putting their name on a proposal. I'd much prefer if you pitched the idea + costs etc. in a blinded document and have double blind decision making which proposals get accepted. Sure that system could still be gamed but at least it would be a bit better (imo). The downside is that you cannot have the "what did you do before that merits getting the grant section" but that could come in the second round or something. It can probably be ignored, too because it doesn't matter that much if the research design is solid (imo).