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      Christopher Hernandez posted an update

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      Research Idea

      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 others
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        Xiuhua Wei

        Short grant cycles push researchers toward low‑risk, quick‑output incremental projects.

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          Steven Jackson

          High‑risk exploratory ideas become harder to secure funding for.

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            David Brown

            Some labs split big questions into many small publishable fragments to fit grant timelines.

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