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| Signatures including commentsRefine your search Show all comments (sorted by date) Show all comments (sorted by length) Show regional comments: Comments from USA7 comments. (Note: Some comments are not made public accessible.) 18 Mar 04:30 USA Carnegie Institution of Washington Guillem Anglada Its ridiculous having to spend a whole month of research time to prepare a postdoctoral application with less than 20% chances of making it through. This means that the average researcher should prepare 5 of them to have a reasonable chance to get a job for the next 2-3 years, meaning several productive months are just thrown to the trash. I am not even talking of huge research grants to buy equipment, which should certainly regulated, but the very way to sustain yourself in the loop. While I can afford spending less time at the lab or making less expensive research projects, I cannot stay 6 months without a salary. 30 Apr 17:55 USA CNRS GRACIELA SCHNEIER-MADANES The complexity of the programsubmissions has discouraged me and many of my collaborators and young researchers 24 Feb 19:22 USA Ephemeris Michael Anderson There is truth in the numbers, the history, and integrity of the scientific method and its ability to contribute to assisting though our efforts; addressing the current and future issues and trends facing the European Council of Ministers and the Parliament of the European Union and the Global community at large. 18 Mar 18:39 USA Harvard University Clemens Kuepper Funding needs to be more flexible with fewer restrictions. Otherwise all creativity is going down the sink 16 Mar 22:47 USA National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Boris Wilthan If you need a 2 day training (minimum) to get an idea how to apply for a grant, then thats too much... 6 Mar 23:16 USA Stanford Scott Delp It is almost impossible to have a collaboration with EU colleagues because of the large administrative barriers of the EU system. 11 Mar 23:35 USA UC Berkeley and University of Zurich David Hausheer I generally agree that there is a need for simplification, however, it needs to be stated more explicitly what processes can or should be simplified. I think the quality of results and long-term impact of previous projects of the applicants should be considered much more during the evaluation of research proposals. Then effort of reviews during a project lifetime may be reduced, since the applicants will have a clear incentive to perform well, if they want to get their proposals accepted in the future. Also the effort spent on project deliverables can be reduced, in favor of writing research papers that get published in high-quality conferences and journals which will actually be read. Another improvement could be to strictly limit the number of pages a proposal may have (e.g. no more than 10 pages). Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||