Tighter Scrutiny of Federal Grant Applications

Grant Programs Get Persnickety

Karen Markin | October 21, 2015

To tame a rising tide of grant proposals, federal agencies are becoming sticklers about enforcing their application requirements — stating deadlines in hundredths of seconds and using software to prevent the submission of error-riddled applications.

Source: http://blogs.nature.com/naturejobs/2014/11/14/enough-doom-and-gloom-part-2-curiosity-is-the-currency-of-science

<more at http://chronicle.com/article/Grant-Programs-Get-Persnickity/233827; related links: http://chronicle.com/article/New-Rules-/145367 (New Rules! Here’s what you need to know about the federal government’s new grant regulations. March 19, 2014) and https://www.propublica.org/article/higher-ed-lobby-quietly-joins-for-profit-schools-to-roll-back-tighter-rules (Higher Ed Lobby Quietly Joins For-Profit Schools to Roll Back Tighter Rules. Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability. May 5, 2015)>