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Perspective: The hidden costs of short‑term grant cycles for basic research
Research Idea
Many public research grants run on short 1‑2‑year cycles. Basic science often needs longer time horizons to produce meaningful discoveries. How do these short funding cycles shape what kinds of research projects researchers dare to pursue?
Madelyn, Margaret and 6 others3 Comments-
Short grant cycles push researchers toward low‑risk, quick‑output incremental projects.
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High‑risk exploratory ideas become harder to secure funding for.
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Some labs split big questions into many small publishable fragments to fit grant timelines.
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