OBSERVERS FEAR FUNDING PRACTICES MAY SPELL THE DEATH OF INNOVATIVE GRANT PROPOSALS

Authors
GOODMAN B
Citation
B. Goodman, OBSERVERS FEAR FUNDING PRACTICES MAY SPELL THE DEATH OF INNOVATIVE GRANT PROPOSALS, The Scientist, 9(12), 1995, pp. 1
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
The Scientist → ACNP
ISSN journal
08903670
Volume
9
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-3670(1995)9:12<1:OFFPMS>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
As the percentage of federal research grant applications making the cu t decreases, scientists fear-and science agency administrators acknowl edge-that truly innovative but ''risky'' proposals may be losing out t o safer, more conventional investigations.