New analysis lists four different ways of reducing paperwork for applicants and funders, and the evidence so far on what works
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Trying to cut research grant paperwork in academia is all the rage. Applicants are frustrated at having to submit seemingly enormous proposals for a tiny chance of success, and reviewers are burned out from a tidal wave of applications, increasingly generated by artificial intelligence.
In response, research funders across the world are attempting all kinds of experiments to make the process smoother and quicker, but it’s hard to keep on top of who is trying what, and whether there’s any evidence it works.
Last week, a team at University College London’s Research on Research Institute released a review of these experiments to try to make sense of this messy landscape.
It contains…
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