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Why do you say that writing grant applications is a waste of time? For me it is a time to dive deeply into the state-of-the-art and figure out better ways to ad
by robwwilliams 1y ago
Why do you say that writing grant applications is a waste of time? For me it is a time to dive deeply into the state-of-the-art and figure out better ways to address important questions. I do not see writing grants as a trivial core, but as a chance to reformulate my science for the better.
- Al-Khwarizmi 1y agoFor me it's 20% the deep dive you mention (which I would do anyway if I didn't have to write grants) and 80% figuring out how to pitch it, optimizing the text, cutting/expanding sections, and writing useless formulaic sections (Gantt chart, data management plan, gender dimension section, and so on). So mostly a waste of time, but I guess YMMV. Fortunately the interesting part is where LLMs don't help (at least for now) and the pointless parts are where they help immensely.