All grants should follow the "just submit a 2-page letter first and then we'll let you know if you even have a chance" model. #neuroskyence#PsychSciSky

Or maybe not even a length limit, just "submit a recent thing of whatever length you have on hand"? Writing one now that specifies the character limit in each of several sections..

Super like.

What, not like the ERC where you submit a short and a full version up front, and the most likely scenario is that nobody will ever read your full proposal? 😜

Or even less than a 2-page letter as we recently suggested 👇🏻 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rethink funding by putting the lottery first - Nature Human Behaviour

Research funding determines the course of science and thus shapes future knowledge. However, funding allocation is inherently biased, non-optimal and costly. We present a Shiny app that simulates the ...

I love this approach, though there's also the risk that it would have as side effect that there would be even more focus on CV+track record than the project. At least that's something one would have to think about.