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June 28, 2007
NSF Urged to Support 'Transformative' Research With Promise of Breakthroughs
Seven years after the National Science Foundation said it was trying to finance more “high risk” projects at the cutting edge of research, instead of “sure thing” projects that promised only incremental advances, the National Science Board seems to think the foundation is not trying hard enough. In a new report, the board, the NSF’s governing body, urges the foundation to refocus its grant making on “transformative” research and to dispel the perception among scientists that only grant proposals with conservative objectives will gain a positive hearing. —Andrew Mytelka
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I applaud the NSF-Board’s decision because the recent impression by my colleagues and I is that precisely what the Board criticizes is happening. That is, NSF Reviewers want proposals that almost completely solve the problems being proposed for investigation.
— Carlos Handy Jun 28, 03:59 PM #
Just more song and dance. Bottom line “rich” labs will stay “rich”, poor labs from less prestiges schools will still not obtain resources. This is will change nothing.
— ROM Jun 28, 05:14 PM #
The NSF has some very sharp program officers. The panels try hard, but group decisions are very likely to be conservative. It would help if the POs were given more flexibility and discretion in funding decisions.
— Herbert J. Bernstein Jun 28, 05:28 PM #