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A dispersion-driven method for grant and proposal allocation

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2012-10-22 v1 Physics and Society
Authors: N. Mirabal , J. L. Contreras
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Abstract

Inspired by a recent editorial (Langer 2012), we suggest a relative simple scheme to grade grants and proposals that might enhance scientific innovation.

Keywords

scientometrics

Cite

@article{arxiv.1210.5450,
  title  = {A dispersion-driven method for grant and proposal allocation},
  author = {N. Mirabal and J. L. Contreras},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.5450},
  year   = {2012}
}

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