Research Funding: the Case for a Modified Lottery

ABSTRACT The time-honored mechanism of allocating funds based on ranking of proposals by scientific peer review is no longer effective, because review panels cannot accurately stratify proposals to identify the most meritorious ones. Bias has a major influence on funding decisions, and the impact of...

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Main Authors: Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2d6a22d88a7f4b8082a6579774658283
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