One of the most frustrating aspects of being a researcher is applying for funding – or, more specifically, applying and getting rejected. Many of us spend a lot of time and resources on proposals which are more likely to be rejected than not. With the ascent of LLMs the situation has become even worse. While many different things need to change to improve the situation – restrictions on the number of proposals a given individual is allowed to submit per call, better base funding of research institutions, among other things – my personal favourite is randomization in the awarding of research funds.

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