Distributed Peer Review : Democratising funding evaluation

https://researchonresearch.org/democratising-funding-evaluation-can-slash-the-time-it-takes-to-deliver-a-final-decision-by-over-50/

New work from myself, the team at @RoRInstitute and the Volkswagen Foundation, evaluating their trial of DPR, showing
- it can cut time to deliver funding
- researchers like it (mostly)
- many (~10) reviews per proposal allows insight into the irreducible uncertainty of grant review

Working Paper: https://rori.figshare.com/articles/preprint/b_Applicants_as_Reviewers_Evaluating_the_Risks_Benefits_and_Potential_of_Distributed_Peer_Review_for_Grant_Funding_Allocations_b_b_b_RoRI_Working_Paper_No_17/29994841?file=57455452

"How to" guide: https://rori.figshare.com/articles/report/RoRI_Insights_Applicants_as_reviewers_-_a_Guide_to_Distributed_Peer_Review/29270534?file=55233935

#Funding#Research#MetaResearch#MetaScience

Distributed Peer Review : Democratising funding evaluation

https://researchonresearch.org/democratising-funding-evaluation-can-slash-the-time-it-takes-to-deliver-a-final-decision-by-over-50/

New work from myself, the team at @RoRInstitute and the Volkswagen Foundation, evaluating their trial of DPR, showing
- it can cut time to deliver funding
- researchers like it (mostly)
- many (~10) reviews per proposal allows insight into the irreducible uncertainty of grant review

Working Paper: https://rori.figshare.com/articles/preprint/b_Applicants_as_Reviewers_Evaluating_the_Risks_Benefits_and_Potential_of_Distributed_Peer_Review_for_Grant_Funding_Allocations_b_b_b_RoRI_Working_Paper_No_17/29994841?file=57455452

"How to" guide: https://rori.figshare.com/articles/report/RoRI_Insights_Applicants_as_reviewers_-_a_Guide_to_Distributed_Peer_Review/29270534?file=55233935

#Funding#Research#MetaResearch#MetaScience

Don't expect (much) private philanthropy to replace government funding when Trump can intimidate philanthropies just as he intimidates law firms, news media, tech platforms, and universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/gates-foundation-democrats-arabella-advisors.html

#Foundations #Funding #Philanthropy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

"Trump Has Forced Out Nearly 10% Of The Federal Workforce."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fires-10-percent-federal-workforce_n_68aca73de4b01646d84f8363

"More than 199,000 federal workers have left their jobs or have been forced out by the Trump administration since January 2025, according to an alarming new analysis by Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit focused on better government. That’s nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce…'We’re seeing the arson of our government,' [said] Max Stier, president and CEO of Partnership for Public Service."

#DefendResearch#Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch#USPol#USPolitics

A federal judge in #Maine declined on Monday to block the #government from stripping #Medicaid #funding from one of Maine’s largest #abortion providers, finding that to do so would override “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”

At issue is a provision of the tax & spending bill Congress passed in July that would deny abortion providers Medicaid funding even for #health services other than performing abortions.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/us/politics/maine-judge-abortion-funding-blocked.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare