The actual increase, he said, could be applied to soften a planned 5 % cut to existing grants or bolster the 22 % success rate for new investigators. (sciencemag.org)
In particular, new investigator awards are evaluated more for feasibility; actual preliminary data are weighed less heavily. (sciencemag.org)
«There is some forgiveness» of the grant - writing sins of new investigators, he says. (sciencemag.org)