Every grant I applied for had an unprecedented number of applications this year, while simultaneously there is less overall funding. Very discouraging when putting in the effort no longer matters and blasting the system with AI written grants becomes the winning strategy.
@martinbulla.bsky.socialIs #AI turning grant evaluation into a lottery? 🎲
The 2025 generative AI improvement coincides with ~20% of proposals scoring >95% in EU #MSCA call.
We’ve reached "excellence saturation."
Time to rethink funding?
👉 doi.org/10.31222/osf...
w/ @birder158.bsky.social
#MetaScience #AcademicSky
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