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I remember slapping the word "nano" in to the title of a research grant that had previously been rejected after much back and forth. Approved and funded instan

• pdimitar 4y ago
  Now that would be an interesting history to read! Are some of these occurrences documented?
  • shapefrog 4y ago
    Its not interesting at all, there are buzzwords and buzzwords get you paid. The secret is knowing the words they need and maneuvering them into the title. I dont doubt if you look at the blurbs for an annual intake of YC you will see the exact same effect. I am personally working the very first reimaging of the traditional <insert market place here> with a distributed no code ai blockchain approach; that puts mobile, web and API customers first.
    • shapefrog 4y ago
      Please stop contacting me for funding rounds. Due to overwhelming demand I have had to close funding. However, in exceptional circumstances or if you have a very large offering then I may reopen funding.
  • p_l 4y ago
    Some call it "research grant bullshit bingo" - you massage the grant contents till you hit the currently necessary bingo combination for getting your grant past gatekeepers of money. In similar vein is padding grants with equipment (including software licenses) that is often secondary to the needs or sometimes even was already available, but which would in turn enable you to work more efficiently on 20 more projects and be passed to institution after grant ended, helping other people. Grant review and acceptance is quite often a question of what's fashionable and thus might get unspoken extra points in evaluation.