One of the worst things in modern academia is that having to write proposals again and again to get a projet funded ends up diverting oneself from wanting to do that very project. For me at least, the best things get done spontaneously, in the initial ingenuity and excitement of the moments I imagine or discuss them first, and having to make the same arguments time and time again is a recipe for discouragement and moving on to something different. #academicchatter
@jaztrophysicist It's surprising to me that funding agencies havent come together to create a standard proposal format so that investigators can simply update an old proposal and submit to a new agency. The amount of scientific time saved would be enormous.
@hendric @jaztrophysicist Actually, many agencies don't allow resubmitting the same (or a slightly modified version of) grant again, which I found frustrating, especially when said proposals are scored as 'excellent' and subsequently not funded because there's not enough money
