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Grose, Thomas K
ASEE prism, 02/2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 6Journal Article
The academic grant process, if not broken, has become highly inefficient. In the 1970s, 40 percent to 50 percent of applications were green-lighted, and it was relatively easy for agencies to pick and fund the best proposals. Today, less money and more applicants mean only 10 percent to 20 percent receive funding. Instead of a competition between best ideas, it's now a contest to see who can write the best proposals, says Carl Bergstrom, a University of Washington biologist. One easy fix would be to give agencies more money for grants, but that's a heavy lift politically.
