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. 2017 Sep 28:6:e32015.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.32015.

To fund or not to fund?

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To fund or not to fund?

Sarah Shailes. Elife. .

Abstract

Funding agencies use many different criteria and peer review strategies to assess grant proposals.

Keywords: bias; funding agencies; peer review; science policy.

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No competing interests declared.

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