"We conclude that panelist assessment of an application changes little when the proposal text is omitted from it."
"A random half of panelists were shown a CV and only a one-paragraph summary of the proposed research, while the other half were shown a CV and a full proposal. We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not detectibly impact their proposal rankings" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
I love this study design. Gives me courage to eventually try my dream study of covering academic posters with fake graphs and movie quotes and seeing how often people notice. 😂