Martin Dresler
@dresler.bsky.social
PI @ Donders Sleep & Memory Lab, studying functions of sleep. Also brain hacks incl. lucid dreaming, polyphasic sleep, mnemonics. http://dreslerlab.org
While much of the procedure is still inefficient, any reduction in the numbers of full proposals is likely a net win for the scientific community in a system that is to a large extent a lottery:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Why many funding schemes harm rather than support research
Nature Human Behaviour - Why many funding schemes harm rather than support research
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
While much of the procedure is still inefficient, any reduction in the numbers of full proposals is likely a net win for the scientific community in a system that is to a large extent a lottery:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
According to the new NWO procedures, the project description isn’t considered at all for the evaluation of the pre-proposal though, it’s only intended to help with finding reviewers in case you make it to the second round.
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
According to the new NWO procedures, the project description isn’t considered at all for the evaluation of the pre-proposal though, it’s only intended to help with finding reviewers in case you make it to the second round.
Empirically, more extensive project descriptions do not affect the eventual decision anyway:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Empirically, more extensive project descriptions do not affect the eventual decision anyway:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Arguably this is 2 pages too many, given that grant decisions are mostly based on CV + abstract:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Arguably this is 2 pages too many, given that grant decisions are mostly based on CV + abstract:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...