Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "@melaniemaslem @m_dresler To your first question: I'm not sure, but I suspect the answer is yes! Would be interested to read refs. To your second: NZ has been experimenting with funding lotteries; see e.g. https://t.co/MRDdTHpS5d" / Twitter

Fun new article from

et al tries to quantify the efficient frontier for time spent writing grants vs. expected return in grant money. nature.com/articles/s4156 With an online calculator! ipvs.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/sc/cgi-bin/JA/ Preprint PDF: dreslerlab.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/why-ma

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The suggested solutions include more $ into the uni base funding allocation. Has any recent work been done to look at the implications of that allocation? It favours incumbents over entrants/innovators. DYK if this partial lottery has been tested?

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Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions

Scientists waste substantial time writing grant proposals, potentially squandering much of the scientific value of funding programs. This Meta-Research Article shows that, unfortunately, grant-prop...

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To your first question: I'm not sure, but I suspect the answer is yes! Would be interested to read refs. To your second: NZ has been experimenting with funding lotteries; see e.g.