[sasquatch]

Years ago David Packard (hp) founded MBARI with the intention of breaking the funding cycle. He put up many millions of dollars after finding that most scientists in oceanography
spend half their time writing grants. The group was roughly half engineers and half scientists. The eng’rs (including me) loved it. Proposals were evaluated on merit; not ROI.
The scientists balked and demanded that they be allowed to continue the grant process for fear that once outside peer review that they’d never get back into the loop. Dave lost.

[RoosterRedux]

Thx for that great comment.

There's something evil about bureaucracies and committees. I think it's that the evil in men's hearts comes out when responsibility and blame can be shifted onto a group.

You see this in the behavior of mobs.

[Honorary Serb]

.....most scientists in oceanography spend half their time writing grants......

Most scientists who become lab leaders in any field spend MOST of their time writing grants!!!!

This is a big waste and might be another reason we don’t have good treatment for many diseases, including Alzheimer’s!!!!