Perhaps the minister will correct these weaknesses by setting up a national strategy, extending beyond the usual 1 - year or 3 - year funding cycles. (sciencemag.org)
As you can imagine, we work very much to deadlines, especially since we have only one funding cycle per year so everything comes in at once. (sciencemag.org)
In particular, there is a risk that preventive health activities will lose out to those more attractive to a politically - driven, short - term funding cycle. (croakey.org)