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Research funding: dial back the competition

  1. Thomas Schaubroeck

    1. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Belval, Luxembourg.

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You call for lotteries as a tie-breaker in applications for research funding (Nature 609, 653; 2022). But there is an argument for rethinking funding allocation so that it’s not invariably competitive and it will reduce the chances of a tie.

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Nature 610, 257 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03179-5

Competing Interests

T.S. works at a research institute, is paid through both competitive and non-competitive funding and has applied to various competitive schemes. Some applications were successful. Others were not.

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