The system is broken.
When a scientist doing work in genomics, or cell biology, or biochemistry, or immunology submits a grant proposal to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest supporter of life science research in the world, his or her chance of it being funded are at historic lows.
Petsko
Gregory A
GA
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA. petsko@brandeis.edu
D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States