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On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To estimate the time spent by the researchers for preparing grant proposals, and to examine whether spending more time increase the chances of success. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. PARTICIPANTS:Researchers who submitted one or more NHMRC Project Grant proposals in March 2012. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Total researcher time spent preparing proposals; funding success as predicted by the time spent. RESULTS:The NHMRC received 3727 proposals of which 3570 were reviewed and 731 (21%) were funded. Among our 285 participants who submitted 632 proposals, 21% were successful. Preparing a new proposal took an average of 38 working days of researcher time and a resubmitted proposal took 28 working days, an overall average of 34 days per proposal. An estimated 550 working years of researchers' time (95% CI 513 to 589) was spent preparing the 3727 proposals, which translates into annual salary costs of AU$66 million. More time spent preparing a proposal did not increase the chances of success for the lead researcher (prevalence ratio (PR) of success for 10 day increase=0.91, 95% credible interval 0.78 to 1.04) or other researchers (PR=0.89, 95% CI 0.67 to 1.17). CONCLUSIONS:Considerable time is spent preparing NHMRC Project Grant proposals. As success rates are historically 20-25%, much of this time has no immediate benefit to either the researcher or society, and there are large opportunity costs in lost research output. The application process could be shortened so that only information relevant for peer review, not administration, is collected. This would have little impact on the quality of peer review and the time saved could be reinvested into research.

journal_name

BMJ Open

journal_title

BMJ open

authors

Herbert DL,Barnett AG,Clarke P,Graves N

doi

10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002800

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-05-28 00:00:00

issue

5

issn

2044-6055

pii

bmjopen-2013-002800

journal_volume

3

pub_type

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