We should randomize investigators to an RO1 cap at 2 vs not and study the effects.

Current NIH RO1 grants are 20 pages of science and 80 pages of fluff.

Funding is an especially acute pain point for scientists, who spend up to half their time writing grant proposals. Success in getting funding is heavily tied to metrics such as the h-index, which quantifies the impact of a scientist’s published work. The resulting pressure to “publish or perish” incentivizes the pursuit of novel research over work... See more